7144. Misbranding of Plantation Sarsaparilla, Magic Eye Salve, and " Femenina." U. S. * * * v. Van Vleet-Mansfield Drug Co., a corporation. I'lea of guilty. Fine, $150 and costs. (F. & D. No. 9780. I. S. Nos. 6113-r,6114-r, 6115-r.) On July 15, 1919, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee, 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 Van Vleet-Mansfield Drug Co., a corporation, Memphis, Tenn., alleging shipment by said company, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended, on or about May 20, 1918 (2 shipments), and May 14, 1918, from the State of Tennessee into the States of Alabama and Mississippi, of quan- tities of articles of drugs, labeled in part " Plantation Sarsaparilla," " Magic Eye Salve," and " Femenina," which were misbranded. Analyses of samples of the articles by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de- partment showed the Plantation Sarsaparilla to consist essentially of potas- sium iodid, alcohol, unidentified plant material, sugar, and water; the Magic Eye Salve to consist of an ointment composed essentially of zinc oxid, benzoic acid, and petrolatum; and the " Femenina " to consist essentially of alcohol, water, sugar, and unidentified material, with indications of valerian. It was alleged in substance in the information that the Plantation Sarsa- parilla was misbranded for the reason that certain statements appearing on the labels of the bottles and cartons falsely and fraudulently represented it as a treatment, remedy, and cure for chronic rheumatism, cutaneous eruptions, scrofula, pains in the bones and joints, lumbago, glandular swellings of the neck, syphilis or syphilitic symptoms, chronic sore eyes and tetter, 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 appearing in the circular accompanying the article falsely and fraudulently represented it as a treatment, remedy, and cure for cancer, rheumatism, nasal catarrh, chronic ulcers, pimples, blotches, and effective as a treatment, remedy, and cure for stoppage of menses, blood poison, congestion and chills, when, in truth and in fact, it was not. It was alleged in substance in the information that the Magic Eye Salve was misbranded for the reason that certain statements appearing on the labels of the bottles and cartons falsely and fraudulently represented it as a treatment, remedy, and cure for sore eyes, when, i-n truth and in fact, it was not. It was r'Ueged in substance that the article was misbranded for the further reason that certain statements included in the leaflet accompanying the article falsely and fraudulently represented it as a treatment, remedy, and cure for all diseases of the eye, including granulated eyelids, both acute and chronic, when, in truth and in fact, it was not. It was alleged in substance that the " Femenina " was misbranded for the reason that certain statements appearing on the labels of 'the bottles and cartons falsely and fraudulently represented it as a treatment, remedy, and cure for diseases peculiar to females, and effective to excite healthy action and re- store normal conditions and give tone and strength to the uterine functions, and effective as a treatment, remedy, and cure for such menstrual disturbances as painful menstruation, leucorrhea or whites, suppression, exaggeration, pains in the back and kidneys, disturbed sleep, difficult passing [of] urine, with heat or smarting, irritable temper, palpitation of the heart, and other debilitating dis- orders peculiar to females, and effective as a treatment, remedy, and cure for complete or partial suppression and excessive menstruation, and difficult and painful menstruations, when, in truth and in fact, it was not. It was alleged in substance that the article was misbranded for the further reason that cer- tain statements included in the booklet accompanying the article falsely and fraudulently represented it as a treatment, .remedy,, and cure for making women strong and healthy and giving them full sexual capacity, and effective be- fore delivery to greatly assist the mother to be by producing the normal condition of the generative organs, and effective as a treatment, remedy, and cure for falling of the womb (prolapsus uteri), abundant discharge of the vagina, nausea and bad mouth, sensation of despondency, acute pains in the renal regions, pain in side without apparent causes, dumb pain at the extremity of the backbone, pain while urinating, sensation of weight in the groins, irregular menstruations, timidity, nervousness, and sensations of dis- quietude, fear of some impending sickness, irritable and contrary temper, flatulency in the lower intestine, pains in the left or right side of the intestines, sensation of annoyance, inflammation of the womb, pains on the breastbone, ex- cessive menstruation, hysterics, pulsations at the temples and in the ears, brief and perturbed slumber, whites, torpid digestion, headache, troubles in the eye- sight and hearing, vertigo, morbidness and melancholy, palpitation of the heart, sensibility and weakness of the nerves, loss of appetite, longings, weight and pain in the waist when exercising, difficulty in urinating, habitual constipation, natural tendency to miscarriage, cold extremities, ulceration of the womb and sterility; and when used in connection with Plantation Sarsaparilla with iodid of potassium as a treatment, remedy, and cure for retarded menses; and effec- tive as a treatment, remedy, and cure for inflammation of the ovai'ies, the critical age, or cessation of the menstrual period, and for tumors of the womb, when, in truth and in fact, it was not. On September 10, 1919, the defendant company entered a plea of guilty to the information, and the court imposed a fine of $150 and costs. E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.