SOOS. Misbranding- of Arthur's Emmeaag?ffne Pills and Leslie's Emniena-?
gog-ue Pills. V. S. * * * v. 11 Packages of. Arthur's Etinineua-?
?-ogiie Pills and U. S. * * * v. 4 Dozen Boxes of Leslie's 15m-?
inenagogiie Pills. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and?
destruction. (F. & D. Nos. 13411, 13412. I. S. Nos. 450-1, 442-t. S. Nos.?
C-220G, C-2295.)
On August 23, 1920, the United States attorney for the Western District of?
Oklahoma, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the?
District Court of the United States for said district libels for the seizure and?
condemnation of 11 packages of Arthur's Emmenagogue Pills and 4 boxes of?
Leslie's Emmenagogue Pills, remaining unsold at Gotebo and Erick, Okla.,?
respectively, alleging that the articles had been shipped on or about January?
14, 1920, by the Palestine Drug Co., St. Louis, Mo., and transported from the?
State of Missouri into the State of Oklahoma, and charging misbranding in?
violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended.   The products were labeled
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in part, respectively, "Arthur's Emmenagogue Pills "' and " Leslie's Emmena-?
gogue Pills."
Analyses of samples of tlie articles by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de??
partment showed that both brands of pills consisted essentially of ferrous?
sulphate, aloes, and an unidentified alkaloid.
It was alleged in substance in the libels that the articles were misbranded?
for the reason that the following statement relative to the curative and thera??
peutic effects of said articles, appearing on the boxes containing each of the?
articles, to wit, " Emmenagogue Pills recommended for Ammenorrhea, Dys??
menorrhea    and    other   Menstrual    Troubles    *    *    *    beginning   treatment
*?* * before the regular monthly period * * * continue * * * until?
relief is obtained," was false and fraudulent as the articles did not contain any?
ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of producing the effects?
claimed for them.
On November 15, 1920, no claimants having appeared for the property, judg??
ments of condemnation and forfeiture were entered, and it was ordered by the?
court that the products be destroyed by the United States marshal.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.