8011. Misbranding of Wilson's Solution Anti-Fki. U, S. * * * v. Cooper Medicine Oo.j 
a Corjmmtaa. Plea of guilty. Fine, MPG ana costs, (F. &D. No. 12372. I. S. Nos. 
2151-r, 7066-r, 7024-r, 2616~r, 6893-r, 2370-r, 2656-r.)
On September 18, 1920, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
Ohio, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court 
of the United 'States for said district an information against the Cooper Medicine Co., 
a corporation, having places of business at Dayton and Cincinnati, Ohio, alleging 
.shipment by said company, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended, 
from the State of Ohio, on or about November 9 and 12, 1918, respectively, into the 
State of California, on or about November 7, 1918, into the State of Oregon, on or 
about November 12, 1918, into the State of Washington, on or about November 5 
and 14, 1918, respectively, into the State of Missouri, and on or about November 11, 
1918, into the State of Wisconsin, of quantities of Wilson's "Solution Anti-Flu which 
was misbranded.
Analyses of samples of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this department 
.showed that it consisted essentially of oil of eucalyptus, thymol, and methyl 
salicylate.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the information for the 
reason that certain statements, designs, and devices, regarding the therapeutic ;and 
•curative effects thereof, appearing on the labels of the bottles containing the article, 
falsely and fraudulently represented it to be effective as a treatment, remedy, and 
cure for flu, as a powerful antiseptic (to disinfect the nose and throat), and as a pre- 
ventive against influenza, colds, and grip, when, in truth and in fact, it was not.
On April 4, 1921, a plea of guilty to the information was entered pn behalf of the 
defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $100 and costs.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.