£4521. Misbranding of Murrmann's Compound. U. S. v. Mrs. Annie Eliza- beth. Mnrrmann (Murrmann's Compound Laboratory). Plea of guilty. Fine, $100. (F. & D. no. 32904. Sample no. 45961-A.) This case was based on an interstate shipment of a drug preparation the labeling of which contained unwarranted curative and therapeutic claims. On August 21, 1934, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court an information against Mrs. Annie Elizabeth Murrmann, trading as Murrmann's Compound Laboratory, Danville, Ill., alleging shipment by said defendant in violation of the Food and Drugs Act as amended, on or about July 7, 1933, from the State of Illinois into the State of Wisconsin, of a quantity of Murmann's Compound which was misbranded. Analysis showed that the article consisted essentially of small proportions of creosote and iron chloride, sugar, glycerin, and water. The article was alleged to be misbranded in that certain statements regarding its therapeutic and curative effects, appearing on the bottle label and carton, and in a circular shipped with the article, falsely and fraudulently represented that it was effective as a treatment, remedy, and cure for functional disorders of the lungs and all ailments resulting from coughs and colds, sore throat, bronchitis, asthma, minor affections of the throat and head, severe lung trouble, children with fever and children in a run-down condition, tuberculosis, pneumonia, flu, nervousness, catarrh of the head, and all respiratory diseases; effective as a sure relief for these ailments, and as a preventive of tuberculosis and pneu- monia ; effective as a wonderful appetite and rich red blood builder for children, and to keep them growing, strong and healthy; and effective as a strengthening tonic and to increase weight On January 5, 1935, the defendant entered a plea of guilty, and the court imposed a fine of $100. M. I*. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.