7047. Misbranding of Brown'n Blood Treatment. U. S. A * * v. 42 Dozen 
Bottles of Brown's Blood Treatment. Default decree of condemna- 
tion, forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. No. 10402. I. S. No. 0103-r. 
S.  No.  C-12G6.)
On May 29, 1919, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis- 
trict Court of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and 
condemnation of 4| dozen packages of Brown's Blood Treatment, remaining 
unsold in the original unbroken packages at St. Louis, Mo., alleging that the 
article had been shipped on or about December 9, 1918, by B. L. Brown, Phila- 
delphia, Pa., and transported from the State of Pennsylvania into the State 
of Missouri, and charging misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, 
as amended.
Analysis of n sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de- 
partment showed that it consisted essentially of an aqueous solution of potas- 
sium iodid, a mercury salt in small amount, and organic matter, apparently 
sugar.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the libel in that the statements on 
the carton enclosing, in the circulars accompanying, and on the labels on the 
bottles containing the product, regarding the curative and therapeutic effects 
of the article, to wit, "Brown's Blood Treatment Price, $2 per bottle; 6 
bottles $10.00. This preparation is recommended by us for the treatment of 
Contagious Blood Poison. B. L. Brown Sole Mamifacturer 935 Arch Street, 
Philadelphia," "Brown's Blood Treatment This preparation is recommended 
by us for the treatment of Contagious Blood Poison. B. L. Brown Sole Manu- 
facturer Average 8 Fluid Ounces," and " Brown's 935 Injection Syphilis and 
Blood Poison Dr. Brown's Blood Treatment is recommended to be used in 
Syphilitic Diseases of the Bones, Syphilitic Ulcers, Syphilitic Mucous Patches, 
Syphilitic and Scrofulous Skin Diseases and Diseases of the Blood arising from 
Syphilitic Inoculation," were false and fraudulent.
On April 20, 1920, no cliimant having appeared for the property, judgment of 
condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that 
the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.