21525. Misbranding of Dr. Ingraham g Macedonian Oil.    U. S. v. 29 Bottles
of Dr. Ingrraham's Macedonian Oil.     Default decree of destruction.
(F. & D. no. 30668.    Sample no. 36185-A.)
Examination of the drug product involved in this case disclosed that it 
contained no ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of producing 
certain curative and therapeutic effects claimed in the labeling.
One June 28, 1933, the United States attorney for the District of Utah, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court 
a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 29 bottles of Dr. Ingraham's 
Macedonian Oil at Ogden, Utah, alleging that the article had been shipped, in 
interstate commerce on or about December 29, 1932, by the Gerlach Medicine 
Co., from Wooster, Ohio, 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 a nonvolatile oil with 2 percent of volatile oils including 
eucalyptol, menthol, camphor, and methyl salicylate.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded in that the 
following statements appearing in the labeling, regarding the curative and 
therapeutic effects of the article, were false and fraudulent: (Carton) "Rem- 
edy for Rheumatism, Catarrh, Stiff Joints, Diphtheria, Sore Throat, Cholera 
Morbus, or Cramping * * * and Nervous Affections Generally. Liver and 
Kidney Complaints * * * Wounds, Earache, Toothache, * * * Piles, 
or Affections of the Spine, &c, &c * * * Its adaptation to a wide range of 
diseases"; (bottle label) "Remedy For Rheumatism, Catarrh, Stiff Joints, 
Diphtheria, Sore Throat, Cholera Morbus or Cramping, * * * and Nervous 
Affections generally. Liver and Kidney Complaints, * * * Wounds, Ear- 
ache, Toothache * * * piles or Affections of the Spine, etc."; (circular) 
"Bronchial Affections, Asthma, and Laryngitis   Bathe the Throat, down as
far as the Lungs, morning and night, and take one teaspoonful of the oil 
internally, three times a day.   Nervous or Inflammatory Diseases   The oil   , 
should be taken internally three times a day, and if pain exists in any part of 
the body, apply the oil freely with the hand, for five or ten minutes, morning 
and night   Paralysis, Falling Fits, Etc.   The Oil should be given six times a 
day; and while the patient is cramping apply the Oil freely with the hand 
until the patient comes to.   Acute Rheumatism   Bathe the parts, affected for 
five minutes, until relieved.    Chronic Rheumatism   Bathe the parts affected 
morning and night, and take thirty drops on a little sugar, half an hour 
before each meal.   Catarrh In The Head Or Throat   Take one teaspoonful, 
night and morning.   If in the head, snuff the odor from the bottle and bathe 
the center of the forehead above the nose.    If in the throat, inhale in the 
same way.    Wet a piece of cotton and insert in the nostril.    (The mucous 
membrane of the air passages closing up by cold or other like causes, produce 
Catarrh.)    Deafness, Roaring In The Head, Earache, Etc.   Warm four drops 
of the Oil, and drop into each ear on going to bed.    In case of Deafness, 
continue the use of the Oil.   Hundreds have received permanent benefit from 
its use.    *    *    *    (same as acute Rheumatism),  Sick Headache   Take one 
teaspoonful internally, and use the Oil externally,  (bathing for five minutes. 
Piles   For inward Piles, the patient must procure a syringe and inject the 
oil once a day, and take one teaspoonful of the Oil night and morning.  Exter- 
nal Piles can be treated externally with success.    *    *    *   Wound   Apply the 
Oil freely two or three times, and the soreness will disappear.   For an old 
strain, this medicine has no equal.    Rub the Oil on the part afflicted for 
fully ten minutes at a time, morning and night.    Liver & Kidney Affections 
Take one teaspoonful of the Oil six or eight times a day, according to the 
emergency of the case.    *    *    *    Frosted Feet    *    *    *    Frosted Feet, bathe 
the parts affected on going to bed.    Sore Throat   Bathe the throat with the 
oil often, and at the same time take a  teaspoonful  of the  oil internally. 
Diphtheria    If the throat is blistered, apply the Oil externally, and procure 
one-fourth ounce chlorate potash, add two ounces water,  and use it as a 
gargle.   No case of Diphtheria can withstand it.    There are many other cases, 
similar to the above, in which the Oil can be used with success.    Whooping- 
CoUgh, Croup, and like diseases are cured by the Macedonian Oil quicker than 
by anything else in existence.   The above directions are for grown-up persons; 
and parents are requested to use their judgment in giving the Oil to children. 
Five drops is a dose for a child  one year old; to older  children  increase 
the dose accordingly.   The medicine is perfectly safe and reliable.    [Similar 
statements in a foreign language]."
On October 19, 1933, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ment was entered finding the product misbranded and ordering that it be 
destroyed by the United States marshal.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.