822G. Misbranding- of.Bliss Native Herb Tablets. V. S. *..*.* .v. 40 Dozen?
Boxes of Bliss Native Herb Tablets. Consent decree of condemna??
tion and  forfeiture.     Product  ordered  released  on  bond.     (F.  &  D.
No. 11320.    I. S. No. 14102-r.    S. No. E-1762.)
On September 25, 1919, the United States attorney for the District of Con??
necticut, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis??
trict Court of the United States for said district a libel, and on October 1, 1919,?
an amended libel, for the seizure and condemnation of a certain quantity of?
a certain article, labeled in part " Bliss Native Herb Tablets," at New Haven,?
Conn., alleging that the article had been shipped on or about August 29, 1919,?
by the Alonzo O. Bliss Medical Co., Washington, D. C, and transported from the?
District of Columbia into the State of Connecticut, and charging misbranding in?
violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended.
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de??
partment showed that it consisted essentially of aloes, licorice, buchu, uva?
ursi, capsicum, and a resin-bearing drug.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the libel in that certain statements?
regarding the curative and therapeutic effects of the article, appearing in the?
printed circular accompanying the ai'ticle, falsely and fraudulently represented?
the article to be effective as a remedy, treatment, and preventive for auto??
intoxication, chronic intestinal stasis, constipation, to restrain the growth of?
harmful bacteria in the intestines and eliminate them thereby preventing intes??
tinal putrefaction and auto-intoxication, bowel troubles, intestinal indigestion,;
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rheumatism, sciatica, lumbago, acute and chronic rheumatic pains, enlargement?
of joints, and to correct the blood, dissolving acids that accumulate in the?
system, for dyspepsia, indigestion, inflammation of the bladder, scalding urine?
and brick dust sediment, kidney and bladder trouble, liver, headache, sallow?
complexion, constipation, dizziness, yellow eyeballs, jaundice, sour stomach,?
catarrh, and grippe, as a great blood stimulator, for piles, malaria, chills and?
fever, abscess of the liver,
" .and asthma, whereas, in truth and in fact, it was not?
effective for the purposes named.
On April 8, 1920, the Alonzo O. Bliss Medical Co., claimant, having consented?
to the entry of a decree, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered,?
and it was ordered by the court that the product be delivered to the claimant?
upon the payment of the costs of the proceedings and the execution of a bond,?
in conformity with section 10 of the act.?
B. D. BAIX, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.