21193. Misbranding of Fisber's Lung Balm and Household Ointment.    IT. S. 
v. 23 Small Jars and 11 Large Jars  of Fisber's Lung Balm and / 
Household    Ointment.    Default    decree   of   destruction    entered. (
(F. & D. no. 30417.    Sample nos. 35795-A, 35796-A.)
Examination of the drug preparation, Fisher's Lung Balm and Household 
Ointment, disclosed that the article contained no ingredient or combination of 
ingredients capable of producing certain curative and therapeutic effects 
claimed on the jar label, circular, and carton containing the article.
On or about May 10, 1933, the United States attorney for the Western Dis- 
trict of Missouri, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed 
in the district court, a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 23 small jars 
and 11 large jars of Fisher's Lung Balm and Household Ointment at Kansas 
City, Mo., alleging that the article had been shipped on or about December 2, 
1932, by George L. Fisher, from Superior, Nebr., and charging misbranding in 
violation of the Food and Drugs Act as amended.
Analysis of a sample of the article by this Department showed that it con- 
sisted essentially of volatile oils, including eucalyptol, incorporated in 
petrolatum.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded in that the follow- 
ing statements regarding its curative and therapeutic effects were false and 
fraudulent: (Jar label) "Lung Balm Use it for Coughs * * * Catarrh 
and Croup * * * The Safe Remedy For Babies and Children * * * 
Lung Balm * * * Affords Quick Relief Prevents Croup and Serious 
Colds"; (carton) "Lung Balm The Safe Remedy for Babies and Children 
* * * Use it for Coughs * * * To Relieve Nasal Catarrh * * * For 
Congested Lungs, Catarrh, * * * Croup * * * Affords Quick relief"; 
(circular) " Use * * * Lung Balm and Household Ointment For Croup, 
Whooping Cough, Sore Lungs, Frosted Feet, * * * Bronchitis, Nasal 
Catarrh, * * * Stiff Neck, * * * Congestions, Tonsillitis, * * * 
Sore Joints, * * * Inflammations, * * * Lung Balm * * * Affords 
Quick Relief in Severe Colds, * * * Inflammation of the Lungs. * * * 
A Remedy Especially Valuable for Babies and Children Used Early, often 
prevents Severe Inflammations * * * Directions for using * * * Rub 
freely on the throat and over chest. In severe cases cover chest with warm , 
flannel, placing hot water bottle over flannel. For * * * Nasal Catarrh,
Whooping Cough or Asthma, apply in nostrils, melt a little in spoon and 
inhale."
On June 14, 1933, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
was entered ordering that the product be destroyed by the United States 
marshal.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.