29431. Misbranding of Dr. Ranoll's Tablets. V. S. v. 24 Packages of Dr. Ranoll's 
Indian Herb Tablets and 28 Packages of Dr. Ranoll's Indian Black 
Tablets.    Default decree of condemnation and destruction.    (F. & D. No.
42099.   Sample Nos. 1712&-D, 17124-D.)
The labeling of these products bore false and fraudulent curative and thera- 
peutic claims and other statements which were false and misleading.
On April 1, 1938, the United States attorney for the District of Maryland, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court 
a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 52 packages of the above-named 
products at Grantsville, Md.; alleging that the articles had been shipped in 
interstate commerce on or about February 2, 1938, from Altoona, Pa,, by the 
Suter Chemical Co.; and charging misbranding in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act as amended.
Analyses showed that the Herb Tablets consisted essentially of aloe, podophyl- 
lum, gentian, capsicum, and coating materials; and that the Black Tablets 
consisted essentially of methenamine, potassium nitrate, oil of juniper, and plant 
drugs including buchu, uva ursi, podophyllum, and an emodin-bearing drug.
"Both products were alleged to be misbranded in that the word "Indian" in the 
name, and the picture of an Indian on the carton, were false and misleading 
since the said word and picture represented that the preparations consisted of 
ingredients employed by Indians, whereas they did not consist of ingredients 
employed by Indians; and in that the statement "Guaranteed * * * To 
comply with all the requirements of the Federal Food and Drug Act," on the 
carton, was false and misleading since it created the impression that the articles 
had been examined and approved by the Government of the United States and 
that the Government guaranteed that they complied with the law and that they 
did so comply; whereas they had not been so approved and guaranteed and 
did not comply with the law.
Misbranding was alleged further in that the following statements in the label- 
ing falsely and fraudulently represented the curative and therapeutic effective- 
ness of the articles: (Herb Tablets) "Recommended for Liver and Stomach 
Trouble Indigestion * * * Recommended for:—Stomach, Liver, and Bowel 
Trouble * * * & Indigestion, * * * Take * * * until they become 
regular and normal. * * * Recommended for:—Stomach, Liver, and Bowel 
Trouble, * * * & Indigestion, * * * is a Blood and Liver Medicine * * * 
They avoid Constipation by * * * acting directly on the liver. Moving the 
bile and cleaning up the liver of poisonous matter, * * * allowing no 
food to become sour and causing gas or sour stomach. * * * persons 
need * * * their liver regulated. * * * a sluggish liver are not only un- 
comfortable, but dangerous. Typhoid, appendicitis, piles, etc., are the result. 
Take no chances but help the liver and bowels to perform their work by using our 
Indian Herb Tablets. * * * is quickly assimilated by the * * * liver. 
They are recommended for sick headache, coated tongue, irregular * * * bow- 
els, brown liver spots showing on the face by pimples"; (Black Tablets) 
"Recommended for weak kidneys, Inflammation of the bladder, Backache, and 
Children that wet the bed. * * * For Kidney and Bladder Trouble * * * 
are fine for children who have weak kidneys and wet the bed. * * * Pains in 
the back. Scanty urine. Too frequent to urinate. Depressed and tired feeling. 
Restless at night. Pain in the groins. Irritability. Aching limbs. Continuous 
thirst. Burning sensation. Backache or weak back. Irritation of the bladder, 
lumbago, pain in the head, pain across the kidneys, pain shooting through the 
limbs like rheumatism, all means weak kidneys and should be attended to at 
once, before they become serious. One of the principal ways leading to Brights 
Disease is kidney trouble not being looked after in time. Kidney disease breaks 
down the health of the whole body by the accumulation of uric acid in the blood. 
It is the duty of the kidneys to filter this, but when diseased, the kidneys cease 
to work and all the impure matter is thrown on the system and the whole system 
poisoned. Don't overlook this important organ if you have pains across the 
small of the back or any of the symptoms, take no chance."
On May 4, 1938, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation was 
entered and the products were ordered destroyed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.