21996. Misbranding of Bamacea Oil, Bamacea Salve, and Gastramints. U. S. v. 633 Bottles of Bamacea Oil, et al. Consent decree of con- demnation, forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. nos. 31677, 31678, 31679. Sample nos. 51510-A to 51514-A inch) Examination of the drug products involved in this case disclosed that they contained no ingredients or combination of ingredients capable of producing certain curative and therapeutic effects claimed in the labeling. On December 8, 1933, the United States attorney for the Southern District of New York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 850 bottles of Bamacea Oil, 84 tins of Bamacea Salve, and 175 boxes of Gastramints at New York, N.Y., alleging that the articles had been shipped in interstate commerce between the dates of September 14, 1932, and October 19, 1933, by the Bamacea Co., Boston, Mass., and charging misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act as amended. Analyses of samples of the articles by this Department showed that the Bamacea Oil consisted essentially of small proportions of volatile oils, includ- ing methyl salicylate, spearmint oil, and rosin oil, incorporated in mineral oil; that the Bamacea Salve consisted essentially of a small proportion of vola- tile oil, such as spearmint oil, incorporated in a mixture of petrolatum and rosin; and that the Gastramints consisted essentially of starch, sugar, and a small proportion of a fatty acid, such as stearic acid, compressed into tablet form. It was alleged in the libel that the articles were misbranded in that the following statements regarding the curative or therapeutic effects of the articles were false and fraudulent: (Bamacea Oil, carton, 25-cent size) " Relief For Lumbago Sciatica Rheumatism * * * Quick Relief For * * * Cramps * * * For Asthma Catarrh Hay Fever Bronchitis Pneumonia Nose Bleed Relieves * * * Stiff Neck Lame Back Quickly * * * Relief For Painful Ovarian Trouble * * * For * * * Nose Bleed, Catarrh and Hay Fever * * * for Asthma, Bronchitis, and Pneumonia * * * For Cramps, whether in limbs, stomach or bowels, and for all forms of Rheumatism and Lameness * * * Stimulates Liver Kidneys Bowels To Action"; (carton, 50-cent size) " Relief For Lumbago Sciatica Rheumatism For * * * Nose Bleed Asthma Catarrh Hay-Fever Croup Bronchitis Quinsy Pneumonia Cramps * * * Measles Scarlet Fever Sore Feet * * * Relieves * * * Stiff Neck Lame Back * * * Relief For Painful Ovarian Troubles * * * For Nose bleed, catarrh and hay-fever * * * for Asthma, bronchitis and pneumonia * * * For Croup, quinsy, tonsillitis, diphtheria and mumps. * - * * For Pneumonia, peritonitis and appendicitis * * * over the in- flammation * * * For Cramps, whether in limbs, stomach or bowels and for all forms of rheumatism and lameness * * * Stimulates Liver Kid- neys Bowels To Action"; (bottle label, both sizes) "For * * * Nose- bleed * * * Rheumatism Pneumonia " ; (booklet, both sizes) " Safety First Treatment For * * * Good Health * * * Why We Suffer Injuries to the body * * * cause a temporary paralysis of the nerves at the part injured and stoppage of the blood circulation. Diseases of the person are caused by a partial paralysis of the nerves controlling the blood circula- tion in some particular organ of the body. In either case, restore the nerves to action and the blood commences to flow through the parts affected, forcing out the congested blood in the form of sweat or blood serum, and a cure is effected * * * For frozen Bars, Fingers or Toes * * * Has been used successfully for Bronchitis, Tonsilitis, Croup, and for Pleurisy, Peritonitisv 527" and Influenza * * * Nosebleed and bleeding gums are stopped almost immediately * * * For * * * Lame Muscles and Sore * * * Feet, * * * for Toothache and Earache. For Rheumatism, Neuritis, Lame Mus- cles and Cramps * * * relieves the pain and soreness. For Catarrh, Hay Fever, Pneumonia * * * it helps clear the nose, throat and lungs "; (Ban- ana Salve, carton, both sizes) " Bamaqea Salve Quick Relief for Boils Croup- Felons Quinsy Carbuncles Tonsilitis Pneumonia * * * Appendicitis * * * Peritonitis * * *"; (booklet, both sizes) " Safety First Treat- ment For * * * Good Health * * * healing * * * marvelous in its control of congestion. Why We Suffer Injuries to the body * * * cause a temporary paralysis of the nerves at the part injured and stoppage of the blood circulation. Diseases of the person are caused by a partial paralysis of, the nerves controlling the blood circulation in some particular organ of the body. In either case, restore the nerves to action and the blood commences to flow through the parts affected, forcing out the congested blood in the, form of sweat or blood serum, and a cure is effected. * * * Bamacea Salve For Pneumonia, cover the lungs with a poultice of the Salve. This, helps remove the congestion, restore the circulation and enable the patient, to breathe. For Peritonitis, if the Salve poultice is applied at once the in- flammation and the pain quickly subsides. The same treatment can be used for Pleurisy and Appendicitis or for Croup, Quincy, Tonsillitis, Sore Throat, and Diphtheria. Boils, Felons or Carbuncles are quickly relieved with a Salve poultice which saves days and often weeks of agony. The best treat- ment for Eczema and Sores or Ulcers is Bamacea Salve; it gives comfort quickly"; (Gastramints, carton) "Gastramints * * * for Dyspepsia,. Gastritis * * * Indigestion. * * * Gastramints * * * Feed the nerves and give them strength for the work nature intended them to do; they help- digest the food which you eat. Gastramints * * * Give Quick Relief From Indigestion"; (card) "Gastramints * * * Give Quick Relief From Indi- gestion * * * For Emergency * * * Gastramints * * * feed the- nerves and give them strength. They enrich the gall * * * help digest food. They are useful in cases of Gastritis, Heartburn, Dyspepsia, Short- Breath and Nervous Prostration. For Acute Indigestion, followed by gas pres- sure on the nerves controlling the heart's action, Gastramints give prompt relief. * * * For stomach troubles, particularly where there is pain around the heart, or an oppressed feeling"; (booklet) "Safety First Treat- ment For * * * Good Health * * * Why We Suffer * * * Di- seases of the person are caused by a partial paralysis of the nerves controlling, the blood circulation in some particular organ of the body. In either case, restore the nerves to action and the blood commences to flow through the- parts affected, forcing out the congested blood in the form of sweat or blood serum, and a cure is effected. * * * Gastramint Tablets Feed the nerves and give them strength for the work nature intended them to do; they help digest the food which you eat. Heart Failure causes a greater loss of life than Pneumonia; statistics prove it. your daily paper records it; every day a prominent death is mentioned. Heart Failure, so called, is not a Heart trouble but a failure of the nerves which control it; these nerves keep you breathing and heart beating while asleep. Dyspepsia * * * Gastritis. Short breath, Palpitation of the Heart, Nervous Prostration and Stomach Troubles are helped quickly with Gastramint Tablets." On February 17, 1934, the claimant having consented to the entry of a decree and having paid the costs of the proceeding, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal. M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture