29041. Adulteration and misbranding of Sanisalva Salve; Misbranding of 
Carnation Dental Cream, Bick's Vapor Salve, Linimentine, Bick's 
Mentholated Camphor Cream, Bixlax Laxative Tablets, and Blue Ribbon 
Household Liniment. U. S. v. The Carnation Toilet Co. and Thomas 
B. Bick. Pleas of guilty. Fines: Corporation, $300 and costs: indi- 
vidual, $100. (F. & D. No. 40789. Sample Nos. 2133-C, 2134-C, 2135-C, 
2137-C, 36804-C, 36805-C, 36806-C.)
The labeling of these products bore false and fraudulent curative and thera- 
peutic claims. In addition, the labeling of the Bixlax bore false and misleading 
representations that it was harmless and was not in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act; and the Sanisalva Salve was represented to be antiseptic, whereas 
it was not.
On May 20, 1938, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Missouri, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court an information against the Carnation Toilet Co., St. Louis, Mo., 
and Thomas B. Bick, alleging shipment by said defendants in violation of 
the Food and Drugs Act as amended, in the period from on or about August 2 
to on or about September 8, 1937, from the State of Missouri into the States 
of Texas and Ohio, of quantities of Sanisalva Salve which was adulterated 
and misbranded, and quantities of the remainder of the above-named drug prep- 
arations which were misbranded. The articles were labeled in part: "Sanisalva 
Salve * * *- Carnation Co., St. Louis, Mo."; "Carnation * * * Dental 
Cream * * * manufactured by Carnation Company, Saint Louis"; "Bick's 
Vapor Salve * * * The Bick Co., St. Louis, Mo."; "Linimentine, Carnation 
Company, St. Louis, Mo."; "Bick's Mentholated Camphor Cream, The Bick Co., 
St Louis, Mo."; "Blue Ribbon Household Liniment, National Blue Ribbon Rem- 
edy Co., St. Louis, Mo."; "Bixlax Tonic Laxative Tablets * * * Carnation 
Co."
Analyses of samples of the articles showed that the Sanisalva Salve consisted 
essentially of small proportions of menthol, oil of sassafras, camphor, and phe- 
nol incorporated in a petrolatum base, and that it was not antiseptic when 
used as directed; that the Carnation Dental Cream consisted essentially of 
calcium carbonate, soap, glycerin, and water with flavoring material; that 
Bick's Vapor Salve consisted essentially of small proportions of menthol, cam- 
phor, eucalyptol, and phenol incorporated in a petrolatum base; that the Lini- 
mentine consisted essentially of small proportions of camphor, oil of sassafras, 
methyl salicylate, menthol, and cleoresin of capsicum incorporated in a petro- 
latum base; that Bick's Mentholated Camphor Cream contained small propor- 
tions of menthol and camphor incorporated in a petrolatum base; that the Blue 
Ribbon Household Liniment consisted essentially of turpentine, mineral oil, and 
volatile oils including oil of sassafras and capsicum; and that the Bixlax Laxa- 
tive Tablets contained extracts of plant drugs including a laxative drug and 
an alkaloid-bearing drug, such as belladonna, coated with sugar, iron oxide, and 
calcium carbonate.
The Sanisalva Salve was alleged to be adulterated in that its strength and 
purity fell below the professed standard and quality under which it was sold, 
since there was borne on the container the statement "antiseptic," which con- 
stituted a profession of the standard and quality of the article under which 
it was sold; whereas the article was not antiseptic.
The Sanisalva Salve was alleged to be misbranded in that the said state- 
ment "antiseptic" was false and misleading. The Sanisalva Salve and the remain- 
der of the products were alleged to be misbranded in that the statements 
borne in their labeling falsely and fraudulently represented their curative and 
therapeutic effectiveness as follows: (Sanisalva Salve) Its effectiveness as an 
antiseptic when administered and applied in the treatment of cuts, burns, sores, 
piles, skin diseases, salt rheum, tetter, catarrh, ivy poisoning, boils, eruptions, 
ulcers, and catarrh of the head; (Carnation Dental Cream) its effectiveness to 
relieve and prevent pyorrhea and to harden the gums;  (Bilk's Vapor Salve*
its effectiveness in the treatment of congested and inflamed' conditions, sore 
throat, catarrh, tonsillitis, bronchitis, burns, boils, neuralgia pains, rheumatic 
pains, eczema, coughs, and its effectiveness to relieve irritated conditions 
through inhalation of its vapors; (Linimentine) its effectiveness as a penetrat- 
ing liniment and its capability of causing great relief from pain in man or 
beast; its effectiveness as an excellent remedy for relieving inflammation and 
congestion; and its effectiveness in the treatment of rheumatism, lameness, 
neuralgia, neuritis, and colic; (Bick's Mentholated Camphor Cream) its effec- 
tiveness as a remedy for catarrh, headache, sore nose and lips, and catarrh of 
nose and sore throat; (Blue Ribbon Household Liniment) its effectiveness as 
a remedy for cramps, founder, poll evil, spavin, "gitfast" (meaning thereby 
sitfast), ring bone, indolent tumors, horse distemper, kindred affections of 
horses and cattle, muscular rheumatism, muscular soreness, aching muscles, 
acute swelling, lameness, muscular cramps, gqut, lumbago, sciatica, stiff neck, 
neuralgia, neuralgia headaches, toothache, acute pleurisy, bronchial cough, la 
grippe, cold feet, wind colic, corns, and bunions; and (Bixlax Laxative Tab- 
lets) its effectiveness as a tonic on the stomach, liver, kidneys, and bowels, 
as a remedy for dyspepsia, indigestion, constipation, biliousness, liver troubles, 
rheumatism, sick headache, sour stomach, blood and skin diseases, and other 
ailments caused by the evils of constipation, and as an appetizer and tonic 
generally.
The Bixlax Laxative Tablets were alleged to be misbranded further in that 
the statement "Bixlax contains 12 harmless ingredients," borne on the label, 
and the statement "We absolutely guarantee Carnation Products to be pure 
and not adulterated or misbranded within the meaning of the Food and Drugs 
Act, June 30, 1906, as amended," borne in a leaflet enclosed with the article, 
were false and misleading, since the ingredients and substances of the article 
were not harmless generally and since the article was misbranded within 
the meaning of the aforesaid act.
On May 24, 1938, pleas of guilty having been entered by the defendants, the 
corporation was sentenced to pay a fine of $300 and costs, and the individual 
was sentenced to pay a fine of $100.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.