22014. Misbranding of The $20,000 A Dose Discovery. U. S. v. 22 Bottles 
of The $20,000 a Dose Discovery. Default decree of condemna- 
tion, forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. no. 31145. Sample no. 
49489-A.)
Examination of the drug product involved in this case disclosed that it con- 
tained no ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of producing certain 
curative and therapeutic effects claimed in the labeling.
On September 22, 1933, the United States attorney for the Eastern District 
of Missouri, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 22 bottles of The 
$20,000 A Dose Discovery at St. Louis, Mo., alleging that the article had been 
shipped in interstate commerce on or about August 24, 1933, by C. Neil Simp- 
son, from Houston, Tex., and charging misbranding in violation of the Food 
and Drugs Act as amended. The article was labeled in part: " The $20,000 A 
Dose Discovery * * * Prepared and Sold by the Science of Longevity Co., 
C. Neil Simpson, Mg."
Analysis of a sample of the article by this Department showed that it con- 
sisted essentially of a mixture of zinc sulphate and powdered digitalis leaves.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded in that the fol- 
lowing statements regarding its curative or therapeutic effects, appearing on 
the packages, were false and fraudulent: "A Purifier that has and will give 
recovery in Cancer, in and on any part of the body and all kinds of bad blood 
disease, smallpox, syphillis, and bad venereal diseases, old sores, eczema, itch, 
ulcerated stomach and bowels, piles, boils, carbuncles, pellagra, and all kinds 
of inflammation and bad skin disease, pimples, stomach, kidney trouble, all 
female complaint, other sickness, dropsey, T. B., rheumatism * * * The 
Science of Longevity * * * the very first and only true knowledge for 
living a long life with an ever strong body and healthy constitution * * * 
Directions: Shake well. Take 1 teaspoonful every 2 hours, not after bed time 
until cured, without water and before eating. For children 10 Drops to one- 
half teaspoonful. If it makes sick, reduce dose. If not taking effect double 
or treble it. Some people who are of large, strong and hard physique need 
more to take effect, while others of medium physique and their system open, 
require the prescribed dose or less   *    *    *   in T.B."
On January 24, 1934, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ment 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.