G771. Misbranding of Jenkins' Rheumatism, Gout and Neuralgia Aimi-?
hilator. U. S. * * * v. Parker-Blake Co. Ltd., a corporation.?
Plea of guilty.    Fine, $10.     (F. & D. No. 9159.    I. S. No. 8536-p.)
On June 1G, 1919, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of?
Louisiana, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the?
District Court of the United States for said district an information against?
the Parker-Blake Co. Ltd., a corporation, New Orleans, La., alleging shipment?
by said company, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended, on or?
about October 9, 1917, from the State of Louisiana ^into the State of Texas, of?
a quantity of an article, labeled in part " Jenkins' Rheumatism, Gout and?
Neuralgia Annihilator," which was misbranded.
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Analysis of a sample of the article by tlie Bureau - of Chemistry of this de??
partment showed that the product contained resinous plant extract, salicylic?
acid (1.5 per cent), alcohol (46.8 per cent by volume), and water.
It was alleged in substance in the information that the article was misbrandecE?
for the reason that certain statements appearing on the labels of the bottles?
and cartons falsely and fraudulently represented it as a cure for rheumatism,?
gout, and neuralgia, when, in truth and in fact, it was not. It was alleged in?
substance that the article was misbranded for the further reason that certain?
statements included in the booklet accompanying the article falsely and fraudu??
lently represented it as a treatment, remedy, and cure for rheumatism, and?
effective as a treatment, remedy, and cure for acute articular, chronic articular,?
and muscular rheumatism, rheumatism of the head, rheumatism of the neck?
(torticollis), rheumatism of the lumbar region (lumbago), rheumatism of the?
chest (pleurodynia), rheumatism of the shoulder (scapulodynia), rheumatism?
of the abdominal walls, internal rheumatism, neuralgia, and gout; and effective?
as a constitutional medicine for females, with a peculiar specific action on the?
circulatory system which renders it invaluable in all cases of insufficient,?
irregular, and painful functions; and effective as a remedy, treatment, and?
cure for paralysis and sciatica, when, in truth and in fact, it was not.
On June 16, 1919, the defendant entered a plea of guilty to the information,?
and the court imposed a fine of $10.
J. P. HIGGS, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.