8S92. Misbranding? of The Texas "Wonder. V. S. * * * v. 6 Doxen Bot??
tles of The Texas Wonder. Judgment by default ordering- de??
struction of the product. (F. & D. No. 11857. I. S. No. 593-r. S. No.?
E-1915.)
On December 29, 1919, the United States attorney for the Southern District?
of Florida, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the?
District Court of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and?
condemnation of 6 dozen bottles of The Texas Wonder, at Jacksonville, Fla., con??
signed by E. W. Hall, St. Louis, Mo., alleging that the article had been shipped?
on or about December 1, 1919, and transported from the State of Missouri into?
the State of Florida, and charging misbranding in violation of the Food and?
Drugs Act.
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de??
partment showed that it consisted essentially of copaiba, rhubarb, colchicum,?
guaiac, turpentine, alcohol, and water.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the reason?
that the cartons and circulars contained the following statements regarding?
the curative and therapeutic effect thereof, (carton) " * * * A Remedy for?
Kidney and Bladder Troubles, Weak and Lame Backs, Rheumatism and Gravel.
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BUREAU  OF  CHEMISTRY.	
[Supplement 10S,
Regulates Bladder Trouble in children * * *," (circular) "Read Carefully?
Special Directions * * * The Texas Wonder Hall's Great Discovery?
* ? * * in * * * Gravel and Rheumatic Troubles it should be taken?
every night in 25-drop doses until relieved * * *," which were false and?
fraudulent in that the article contained no ingredient or combination of in??
gredients capable of producing the effect claimed.
On January 6, 1921, no claimant having appeared for the property, a decree?
was entered by the court ordering that the product be destroyed by the United?
States marshal.
E.' D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.