f)740. Misbranding of Gold Medal compound pills. V. S. * * * v. 3 
Dozen and 5 Dozen Packages * * * of * * * Gold Medal 
Compound Pills. Default decrees of condemnation, forfeiture, 
and destruction. (F. & D. Nos. 13256, 13257. I. S. Nos. 358-t, 361-t, 
362-t.     S.  Nos. C-2126,  C-2127,  C-2128.)
On August 14, 1920, the United States attorney for the District of Kansas, 
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 3 dozen and 5 dozen packages of Gold Medal compound pills, remaining un- 
sold in the original unbroken packages at Wichita, Kans., alleging that the 
article had been shipped by the S. Pfeiffer Mfg. Co., St. Louis, Mo., on or about 
March 22, July 1, and July 15, 1920, respectively, and transported from the 
State of Missouri into the State of Kansas, and charging misbranding in viola- 
tion of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended.
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this depart- 
ment showed that the pills consisted essentially of ferrous sulphate, oil of 
pennyroyal, and aloes.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libels for the reason 
that certain statements regarding the therapeutic or curative effect thereof, 
appearing in the circular in each of the packages containing the said article, 
to wit, " * * * Gold Medal Compound Pills Begin by taking one Pill before 
each meal * * * Four or five days before the expected appearance of the 
menstrual flow, drink freely * * * of hot ginger tea * * * in cases of 
suppressed menstruation," were false and fraudulent in that the article con- 
tained no ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of producing the 
effect claimed, and the said statements were applied to the article so as to repre-
sent falsely and fraudulently, and to create in the minds of purchasers thereof 
the impression and belief, that it was composed of or contained ingredients or 
medicinal agents capable of producing the therapeutic effect claimed, when, in 
truth and in fact, it contained no ingredients capable of producing the effects 
claimed.
On December 2, 1920, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ments of condemnation and forfeiture were entered, and it was ordered by the 
court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.