i0832. Misbranding' of Chase's blood and nerve special. V. S. v. 9 Boxes?
of Chase's Blood and Nerve Special. Default decree of condemna??
tion,   forfeiture,   and   destruction.     (P.   &   D.   No.   13315.    I.   S.   No.
6283~t.     S. No. E-2491.)
On August 18, 1920, the United States attorney for the District of New?
Jersey, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis??
trict Court of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and?
condemnation of 9 boxes of a drug labeled in part, " Chase's Blood & Nerve?
Special," at Newark, N. J., alleging that the article had been shipped during?
the month of May, 1920, by the United Medicine Co., Philadelphia, Pa., and?
transported from the State of Pennsylvania into the State of New Jersey, and?
charging misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended.
Analysis of a sample of the product by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de??
partment showed that it contained ferrous carbonate, aloin, capsicum, zinc?
phosphid, and nux vomica extractive.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the reason?
that the following statements regarding the curative and therapeutic effects?
thereof, (wrapper) "Nerve Tablets * * * Special for Weak, Run-Down?
People * * * a restorative to the nerves, giving health, strength and vigor?
to the weak, nervous, emaciated, convalescent and overworked * * * ia?
Dizziness, Despondency, General Debility * * * Weakness and a Lack of?
Strength," (label) "Nerve Tablets," (circular) "These Tonic Preparations?
are Especially Useful in Cases of Weakness and a Lack of Strength * * *?
a restorative to the nerves, giving health, strength and vigor to the weak,?
nervous, emaciated, convalescent and overworked. These Tablets ca^i be taken?
in Dizziness, Despondency, General Debility, Irritability, and in conditions?
where there is Weakness and a Lack of Strength * * * they aid digestion?
and stop fermentation in the stomach * * * The Tablets begin their work?
by correcting the stomach * * * Women who find the tablets make them?
menstruate too freely should not take them during that period.   As a female
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regulator * * * During pregnancy they should not be taken until after?
the fourth month, on account of their speedy action on the blood * * *?
Men will find these Tablets a powerful restorative tonic * * * Conva??
lescents * * * where the body has been left emaciated, the blood thin?
and watery, the nervous system shattered, and the digestive organs too weak?
to assimilate the food * * * require * * * Chase's Blood and Nerve?
Tablets," were false and fraudulent for the reason that the article did not?
contain any ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of producing the?
results claimed for it.
On July 11, 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. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.