14167. Misbranding   of Plough's   prescription   C-2223.     V.   S.  v.  8T  Bottles,
et al., of Plough's Prescription C-2223. Default order of destruc- 
tion entered. (F. & D. Nos. 17364, 17365. I. S. Nos. 5182-v, 5183-v, 
5185-v, 5186-v.     S. Nos. C-3930, C-3931, C-3932, C-3933.)
On March 16, 1923, the United States attorney for the Western District 
of Missouri, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the District Court of the United States for said district libels praying the 
seizure and condemnation of 129 bottles, fifty cent size, and 55 bottles, dollar 
size, of Plough's prescription C-2223, remaining in the original unbroken 
packages at Kansas City, Mo., alleging that the article had been shipped by 
the Plough Chemical Co., from Memphis, Tenn., in various consignments be- 
tween the dates of August 16, 1922, and January 27, 1923, and transported 
from the State of Tennessee into the State of Missouri, and charging mis- 
branding in violation of the food and drugs act as amended. The article was 
labeled in part: (Bottle label) " A Blood Purifier Recommended For Treatment 
Of Rheumatism * * * In severe cases, take * * * until relieved;" 
(carton label, fifty cent size) "A Blood Purifier Recommended for disorders 
caused by impure blood as Eczema, Chronic Sores and constitutional blood 
diseases. Rheumatism * * * Sciatica, Lumbago, Lame Back, Uric and Lactic 
Acid Conditions," (carton label, dollar size) "Rheumatism * * * Sciatica, 
Lumbago, Lame Back, Uric and Lactic Acid Conditions, Blood Disorders 
Eczema, Chronic Sores and similar affections' arising from bad blood," (circular, 
both sizes) "A Reliable Blood Purifier A Treatment for Rheumatism * * * 
Sciatica, Lumbago, Lame Back, Blood Disorders, Eczema, Chronic Sores and 
Similar diseases Caused by Bad Blood * * * In the treatment of Scrofula, 
Rheumatism, certain Catarrhal Conditions, Hereditary Blood Taints, Diseases 
of the Bones, Ulcerous Sores, Prescription C-2223 has been recommended and 
used for many years. Helpless, unhappy persons who had given up all hope 
of relief, have found in this Blood Purifier a means of relief. Men, women, 
and even children, whose energy has been sapped and their life almost wrecked, 
who were troubled with festering sores or tortured with rheumatic pains, 
have been relieved from the grip of these diseases, after. the continued use 
of or treatment with Prescription C-2223 * * * for any trouble due to 
poisoned or tainted blood, get  you  a bottle  of Prescription  C-2223    *    *    *