11541.      9]is?I>rMmiing    of   Dr.   Roger's   Improved   Rogr-R-Pils.      XJ.   S.   v.    11?
Boxes   of  Dr,   Roger's   Improved   Rosr-R-Pils.     Default   decree   of?
condemnation,   forfeiture,   and   destruction.      (F.   &   D.   No.   15818.?
I   S. No. 12352-t.    S. No. C-3492.)
On March 31, 1922, the United States attorney for the District of North Da??
kota, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District?
Court of the United States for said district a libel praying the seizure and?
condemnation of 11 boxes of Dr. Roger's Improved Rog-R-Pils, at Fargo,?
N. Dak., alleging that the article had been shipped by the Digestive Chemical?
Co., from St. Paul, Minn., on or about March 17, 1922, and transported from?
the State of Minnesota into the State of North Dakota, and charging mis??
branding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended.
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de??
partment showed that the pills consisted essentially of iron carbonate, tansy?
oil, ergot extract, aloin, and a fixed oil.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that the?
labeling contained the following statements as to the curative and therapeutic?
effect of the said article, (box) "For Women * * * A Yery Efficient?
Remedy For Menstrual Disorders Only, Caused By Colds, Nen ous Shocks And?
Anemia. * * * Yery Necessary Remedy For Every Woman," (circular)?
" * * * for Women * * * will relieve many cases of Suppression of?
the Menses, caused by Colds, Nervous Shocks, Anemia, General Debility,?
etc. * * * a very large portion of the ills to which Females are liable are?
the direct result of suppressed or disordered Menstruation and other Uterine?
diseases, and it is necessary, therefore, that a remedy for the relief of these?
-diseases be placed within the reach of every woman. Ladies who are com??
pelled to go to bed each month from pain and weakness or back ache, will be?
relieved if they will take one pill three times a day before meals, beginning a?
?day or so previous to the period. * * * Take * * * until natural men??
strual flow has been produced. * * * After you have taken one or two?
boxes of pills and you have not obtained any results, wait until eight days?
before following period, and then continue with pills until natural flow has?
been obtained. * * * If these pills are taken one or two days before the?
expected period * * * you will avoid all monthly pains and irregularities,"?
which were false and fraudulent in that the said article contained no ingredient?
?or combination of ingredients capable of producing the effects claimed.
On June 5, 1923, 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.
HOWARD M. GORE, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.