29019. Misbranding of Nourse Gall Remedy.    U. S. v. 117 Cans of Nourse Gall
Remedy.    Default decree  of condemnation and destruction.    (F. & D.
No. 36442.    Sample No. 11099-B.)
The labeling of this product bore false and fraudulent curative and thera- 
peutic claims.
On April 30, 1935, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Washington, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 117 cans of Nourse 
Gall Remedy at Seattle, Wash.; alleging that the article had been shipped in 
interstate commerce on or about November 23, 1934, from Kansas City, Mo., by 
Nourse Oil Co.; and charging misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act as amended.
Analysis of a sample of the article showed that it consisted essentially of 
small proportions of a zinc compound, and volatile oils including methyl salicy- 
late and camphor, incorporated in a petrolatum and lanolin base.
The article was alleged to be misbranded in that the following statements 
borne on the label falsely and fraudulently represented its curative and thera- 
peutic effectiveness: "A modern, antiseptic preparation for Galls, Scratches, Cuts, 
Sores, Wire Cuts,    * v *    *   Hoof Diseases,  Sore Necks and  Sore  Shoulders.
* * * Miraculous results obtained when used for Piles, Skin Diseases, Boils, 
Sores"; (leaflet) "Piles—All Kinds Boils and Ulcers Skin Troubles Cuts 
and Scratches * * * Wire Cuts * * * Infections * * * healing * * * 
It is especially fine for healing wire cuts and scratches on horses and cattle. 
Many a fine work horse has been laid up for months after getting tangled up 
in barbed wire. Nourse Guaranteed Gall Remedy will heal those cuts and get 
him back on the job. * * * For Man Also Piles—that painful and depress- 
ing affliction suffered by countless thousands—yields quickly to the treatment 
with Nourse Guaranteed Gall Remedy. Use it freely on itching, bleeding or 
protruding piles. Fine for boils, ulcers, cuts, scratches, minor infections and 
many forms of skin diseases."
The article was alleged to be misbranded also in violation of the Insecticide 
Act of 1910, as set forth in notice of judgment No. 1636 published under that act.
On April 4, 1938, no answer to the libel having been filed, judgment of con- 
demnation was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.