22584. Mlsbrandingr of Hutcblson's Big; Head Liniment, Hutchison's Magic 
Oil, and Hutchison's Spleen Mixture and Blood Purifier. U. S. v. 
J. C. Hutchison, Jr. (Hutchison Medicine Co.). Plea of guilty. 
Fine, ?5. (P. & D. no. 30285. I. S. nos. 53667, 53668. Sample nos. 
13304-A, 13308-A,  13309-A, 13310-A,  13311-A.)
Examination of the drug preparations covered by this case showed that 
they contained no ingredients or combinations of ingredients capable of pro- 
ducing certain curative or therapeutic effects claimed in the labeling.
On March 8, 1934, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Texas, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court an information against John G. Hutchison, Jr., trading with 
another at the time of the shipments in question as a partnership under the 
name of the Hutchison Medicine Go., Texarkana, Tex., alleging shipment 
by said defendant, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended, on or 
about January 9, February 17, March 22, June 29, and July 11, 1932, from 
the State of Texas into the State of Louisiana, of quantities of Hutchison's 
Big Head Liniment, Hutchison's Magic Oil, and Hutchison's Spleen Mixture 
which were misbranded. The articles were labeled in part: " Manufactured 
By [or "Prepared By"] Hutchison Medicine Co. Texarkana, Texas."
Analyses of samples of the articles by this Department showed that the Big 
Head Liniment consisted essentially of turpentine oil, a petroleum oil, and a 
small proportion of mercuric chloride; that the Magic Oil consisted essentially 
of oleoresin of capsicum, small amounts of camphor, chloroform, oil of pep- 
permint, a salicylate and tannin, alcohol, and water; and that the Spleen 
Mixture and Blood Purifier consisted essentially of ammonium chloride, a 
small proportion of sodium benzoate, a trace of an iron compound, and water.
It was alleged in the information that the articles were misbranded in 
that certain statements in the labeling, regarding their curative and thera- 
peutic effects falsely and fraudulently represented that the articles were 
effective (Big Head Liniment) as a treatment for muscular rheumatism and 
cramps, lumbago, sciatica, stiff neck or back, bronchial coughs, sore throat and 
chest colds, and ordinary sores; effective as a treatment for tightness in the 
chest due to cold and ordinary sore throat, as a treatment for boils, felons, 
cramps, and pains in the side or chest; effective as a remedy for rheumatism, 
sciatica, lumbago, lame back, soreness in the chest, side, or back, cramps in 
the muscles, stiff joints, and sore throat; effective to remove soreness from 
bunions; effective as a remedy in treating pneumonia and stubborn coughs; 
effective when applied to the chest to relieve the tightness and loosen up the 
cough; effective as a remedy for piles and to take out the soreness and help 
to remove the small tumors usually found in such cases; effective as a treat- 
ment, remedy, and cure for fistula and poll-evil in horses; effective as a relief 
for croup and sore throat in horses; effective as a treatment for lame cows; 
effective as a treatment, remedy, and cure for big head, sweeny, splint, spavin, 
ringbone, lameness in shoulders and fruit legs and sitf asts in horses; effective 
as a remedy for ring hoof and sores of any kind in horses; (Magic Oil) as a 
treatment for pains in the bowels and stomach, palpitation or smothering 
of the heart, acute indigestion, weak back, rheumatism, sore throat, croup,
toothache, and earache; effective as a remedy for colic or bets in horses; 
(Spleen Mixture and Blood Purifier) as a treatment, remedy, and'cure for ail- 
ments of the spleen; effective as a blood purifier; effective as a treatment 
for enlarged spleen and torpid liver; effective to act upon the kidneys, causing 
them to separate the impurities from the blood, ejecting them through the 
natural excretory channels; effective as a remedy to keep the bowels open; 
effective as a treatment, remedy, and permanent relief for chronic chills, liver 
complaint, rheumatism, neuralgia, and malarial troubles; and effective as a 
remedy to regulate the action of the liver and kidneys.
Misbranding of the Magic Oil was alleged for the further reason that the 
statement " Magic Oil", borne on the carton and bottle labels, was false and 
misleading, since the statement represented that the article consisted wholly 
of oil which contained magic properties, whereas it did not consist wholly of 
oil and had no magic properties.
On May 7, 1934, the defendant entered a plea of guilty, and the court im- 
posed a fine of $5.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.