9246. Misbranding of Nervosex Tablets.    XT. S.    *      *     *     v. 10 Boxes and 10
Boxes * * * of Nervosex Tablets. Default decrees of condem- 
nation, forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. Nos. 14202, 14203. I. S. 
Nos. 12105-t, 12106-t.     S. Nos.  C-269S, C-2699.)
On January 20, 1921, the United States attorney for the District of Nebraska, 
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 
10 boxes and 10 boxes, more or less, of Nervosex Tablets, remaining in the 
original unbroken packages at Columbus and Fremont, Nebr., respectively, 
alleging that the article had been shipped by the United Laboratories Co., 
St. Louis, Mo., on İr about August 18 and 20, 1920, respectively, and transported 
from the State of Missouri into the State of Nebraska, and charging misbranding 
in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended. The article was labeled 
in part:  (Box label and wrapper) "Nervosex Tablets   *   *    *   A compound
of nerve and muscle stimulants for low vitality, lack of energy, sexual weak- 
ness."
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this depart- 
ment showed that the tablets consisted essentially of strychnine, phosphates', 
and iron, zinc, and calcium salts.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the libels for the reason that the 
above-quoted statements, regarding the curative and therapeutic effects, ap- 
pearing in the labeling, were false and fraudulent in that the said article con- 
tained no ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of producing the 
effects claimed.
On March 19, 1921, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgments 
of condemnation and forfeiture were 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.