10634. Misbranding   of   Dr.   Martel's   female   pills.    U.   S.     *     *     *     v.   188?
Boxes  of     *     *     *     Dr.  Martel's Female Pills.     Default decree  of
condemnation,   forfeiture,   and   destruction.     (P.   &   D.   Nos.   13351,?
13352.    I. S. Nos. 10356-t, 10057-t.    S. Nos. W-655. W-656.)
On August 18, 1920, the United States attorney for the Northern District of?
California, 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
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condemnation of 188 boxes of Dr. Martel's female pills, remaining in the?
original unbroken packages at San Francisco, Calif., alleging that the article?
had been shipped by the French Drug Co., New York, Ni Y? in three separate?
consignments, namely, April 29, May 6, and June 28, 1920, respectively, and?
transported from the State of New York into the State of California, and?
charging misbranding in violation 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 contained savin oil, iron sulphate, and iron car??
bonate.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the reason?
that the following statements appearing in the labeling of the said article,?
(box label) "* * * Female PiHs * * * For (Suppression Of The?
Menses) Dysmenorrhoea (Painful Menstruation) And Similar Functional De??
rangements," (circular) " * * * Female Pills * * * for Disturbances?
Of The Menstrual Functions . * * ?* For Amenorrhoea (Suppression of the?
Menses ***)*** treatment * * * should be continued until?
relief  is   obtained.    For  Dysmenorrhoea   (Painful   or   Scanty   Menstruation)
*?*    *    our medicine will be found to give lasting benefit and genuine relief.
*?* * To prevent difficult, painful, over-profuse and other morbid menstrual?
conditions, and keep this important function normal, take * ?* * for a few?
days before the expected re-appearance of the menstrual flow * * *," were?
false and fraudulent, since the said article contained no ingredient or com??
bination of ingredients capable of producing the curative and therapeutic?
effects claimed.
On May 9, 1921, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment?
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by- the court?
that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
C. W. PXJGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.