12875.  Misbranding1  of Abbott  Bros,   compound  for  rheumatism.     U.   S.  v. 
31  Bottles  of Abbott Bros.  Compound For  Rheumatism.     Product 
adjudged  misbranded and  ordered  destroyed.     (P.  & D.  No.   16313. 
?S. No. C-3627.)
On May 13, 1922, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
?Tennessee, 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 31 bottles of Abbott Bros, compound for rheumatism, 
remaining in the original unbroken packages at Chattanooga, Tenn., alleging 
that the article had been shipped by the Abbott Bros. Co., from Berwin, Ill..
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on or about March 25, 1922, and transported from the State of Illinois into 
the State of Tennessee, and charging misbranding in violation of the food 
and drugs act as amended. The article was labeled in part: (Bottle, carton, 
and circular) "For Rheumatism"; (carton, additional) "Muscular, Articular, 
Inflammatory * * * Sciatica, Rheumatic Neuritis and Stiffness and Sore- 
ness of the Joints and Muscles * * * Lumbago and all Muscular and Nerye 
Pains of Rheumatic Origin."
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this 
department showed that it consisted essentially of 8 per cent of potassium 
iodid, 1.5 per cent of extracts of plant drugs including colchicum, 16.9 per cent 
of alcohol, and approximately 73 per cent of water, flavored with small quan- 
tities of aromatics including methyl salicylate.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the 
reason that the above-quoted statements regarding the curative and thera- 
peutic effects of the said article were false, fraudulent, and misleading, in that 
it contained no ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of producing 
the effect claimed.
On May 11, 1923, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of the court was entered, finding the product to be misbranded and ordering 
its destruction by the United States marshal.
W. M. JABDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.