:14533. Misbranding of Arium tablets. tT. S. v. 56 Packages, et al., ''of 
Arium Tablets.    Default decrees of condemnation, forfeiture and
;   ' destruction.     (F. & D. Nos. 21116, 21117, 21118, 21119.     S.  Nos. E-5729,
E-5730, E-5731, E-5732.) 
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On June 11, 1926, the United States attorney for the District of Maryland, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court 
of the United States for said district libels praying seizure and condemnation 
of 56 packages and 135 boxes of Arium tablets, remaining in the original un- 
broken packages at Baltimore, Md., alleging that the article had been shipped 
by the Associated Radium Chemists, Inc., from New York, N. Y., in various 
consignments, August 12 and October 24, 1925, and January 9 and May 5, 1926, 
respectively, and transported from the State of New York into the State of 
Maryland, and charging misbranding in violation of the food and drugs act as 
amended.
Analysis by the Bureau of Chemistry of this department of a sample of the 
article showed that it was Composed mainly of lithium carbonate, starch and 
talc, with 8.58 millimicrograms of radium to each tablet.      ,
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the libels for the reason that the 
following statements appearing in the labeling, regarding the curative and 
therapeutic effects of the said article, were false and fraudulent, since it con- 
tained no ingredient, or combination of ingredients capable of producing the 
results claimed: (Box label) "the most beneficial effects," (booklet in box) 
"A New Scientific Principle for Supplying to the Human Body the Remarkable 
Energy and Power of Genuine Radium in a Pure, Harmless and Wholesome 
Form. * * * Arium * * * has a stimulating and tonic effect that is 
entirely different from that of any drug or medicine known. It, gives. Just the 
added force and power needed by the human body and is accepted by the blood, 
tissues and entire system just as withering plants accept sunshine and rain 
and are revived by them. The uses of Radium as supplied in Arium are many 
and varied * * * It should be especially valuable among all classes of 
people for use in cases of general debility, simple anaemia, signs of old age, 
weakened nerve force, poor circulation, digestive disturbances, hardening of 
the arteries, sleeplessness, rheumatism, and inflammation of the joints, etc. 
Arium For Everyone Arium is not designed for sick people alone. In fact it 
is equally recommended for those who have no ailments, but who desire that 
super-vigor which means so much in the fullest enjoyment of life. * *??..*- 
For chronic cases * ^ <* While surprising results are often obtained ;from 
a short course of Arium, its action is not that of a temporary stimulant, but 
of a nutritive, health-building, energy-giving agent of unusual value. To derive 
the most beneficial results and get the full accumulative value of the radium., 
Arium should be taken regularly and Systematically. * * ^ When your" 
nerves are soothed, your muscles and organs function normally, pains are gone 
and your whole organism seems to be operating smoothly, you will know that. 
Arium has done its work. So pleasant will be the feeling of stimulation from 
radium that you will never want to let the beneficial effects of radioactivity 
get out of your body. * * * marvelous form of natural energy. * * * 
What It May Do for You * * * Arium feeds the body with energy like 
giving a fresh charge of current to a run-down storage battery. Arium re- 
vitalizes organic matter as nothing else can. Arium stimulates the circulation 
<of the blood, as well as the tissues, mental faculties, etc. Arium makes the 
entire system feel the influence of the greatest force knqwn to mankind in the 
most pleasing manner. Arium gives a direct positive action almost immediately 
to every part of the body. Arium gives new strength, fresh ambition, sparkling 
vitality, invigorates the constitution and instills a feeling of renewed youth. 
Arium Improves Blood and Glands. Arium will increase the red blood ceils 
enormously in many cases, thus enriching the blood and correcting the circula- 
tion. Arium helps to bring down blood pressure and adds vigor and force to 
the entire blood system..making it more potent to fight off disease, anemia, etc.
Ariuni helps restore arteries to a pliable condition. Arium helps invigorate the 
ductless glands and regulate their secretions, thereby setting up healthy 
glandular functioning which is the real answer to the perfect charm Of woman- 
hood and the virile strength of manhood. For General Debility Arium will 
impart the right kind of energy to the organs and make you feel, energetic, 
virile and vigorous. In this way it will help overcome general debility and 
enable you to live a normal healthy life. Even elderly people will feel the 
thrilling vibrations of positive youthful virility. Arium will help overcome 
sluggishness by carrying off waste and poisonous matter and in this way will 
purify, invigorate and tone up the system. Arium For Rheumatic Troubles, 
Poor Appetite, Nervousness. Arium helps scatter inflammation and eliminate 
uric acid and poisonous carbon dioxide from our bodies thus relieving us of 
the different ailments most of us have, neuralgia, neuritis, etc. Arium stimu- 
lates the glands in the digestive tract and sharpens our appetites as well as 
helping our
" digestive organs to do their work. Arium acts on the tissues of our 
nerves to strengthen and soothe them, thus bringing peace and restfulness to 
those who are nervous. Arium does what drugs cannot do because it acts in 
a natural physical manner entirely. Arium, by keeping the body radio-active, 
helps keep us immune from a great many of the diseases and epidemics that 
are constantly occurring. * * * How Radium Was1 Discovered To Be Good 
for Us. * * * tremendously vital force of the Ages. At first it was not 
known that Radium could be used for curative purposes. For years, however, 
physicians were unable to account for the marvelous results obtained from cer- 
tain spring waters, while others of exactly the same chemical analysis gave 
very little beneficial results. The mystery was not solved until it was found 
that the health-giving springs' contained radium in very small amounts. The 
medical world then knew that radium had tremendous influence on the human 
body, that by drinking radio-active spring waters one could take into his body 
a definite amount of radium energy which permeated the whole system and 
accomplished wondrous results. Yet each Arium tablet contains from 100 to 
1,000 times as much radium as a quart of many radioactive spring waters. It 
was noticed too that people who worked in radium, mines, enjoyed.remarkable 
health and robust strength. Apparently, simply breathing the emanations from 
radium kept them free from neuritis, rheumatism, neuralgia, hardening of the 
arteries, headaches, digestive disorders _and a hundred other maladies. ..It kept 
them filled with the feeling of youth. * * * i;Discovery,of Arium Perhaps 
not since the discovery of the element of radium itself has Science achieved a 
greater triumph than in the discovery of a means for placing in the human body 
the greatest form of harmless, yet powerful energy ever known to the world. 
It seems that it was by the hand of Fate, working for the benefit of' humanity,' 
that Arium was discovered in Paris where Radium itself was discovered. 
* * * Under the trade-mark name of Arium the marvelous, health-giving 
energy of radium is prepared in tablet form. * * ..*. Arium may be used 
with beneficial results by men, women and children. Just Why The Body Needs 
Radium Physicians know that many of the foods we eat tax our digestive 
organs to such an extent that little energy remains in our bodies for any other 
work. In other words, the power or energy-the force that moves us-that is 
supplied by our morning meal is largely used up to digest and assimilate the 
noon meal and there is little reserve force for the many needs of the body. 
We must have surplus energy-extra power-and that is exactly what radium 
feeds to the system--that surplus power or energy which governs our intelli- 
gence, our dispositions, and in fact, determines whether we are to be winners 
in the game of life or losers. Supplies Energy Lacking In Foods, Science has 
shown that many human ills may be directly traced to the fact that most people 
fail to eat the proper kind of food. Yet every act that we do .during our life- 
time-even the winking of an eyelash-saps some portion of our energy, tears 
down tissues and lessens our resistance to disease. Thus, because our food is 
robbed of its up-building, vital forces, there is nothing to replace old worn-out 
tissues and keep the body filled with the abundance of strength and energy 
Nature intended. As a result there is a noticeable loss of vitality of one kind 
or another and that is why so many people you meet always have something 
the matter with them. It is to prevent this very thing that radium is recog- 
nized as the most potent force ever known. Radium is a natural stimulator 
and upbuilding agent for all the tissues and organs of the body. How Arium 
Gives You The Life Building Energy Of Radium. When you take Arium 
tablets they liberate millions of rays of energy while in the body and these 
rays give the tissues an agreeable stimulus tending to produce a harmless,
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gentle, internal massage that Induces normal functioning of the organs, mus- 
cles, etc.   Arium acts as the carrier of enormous energy in the body as nothing 
else possibly can.    Radium, which is in each Arium tablet, has been called 
the very essence of life.    Some physicians have described it as life itself, and 
one distinguished physician speaks of it as the greatest benefit to. mankind 
that has ever emanated from the laboratory of the Almighty.   Many physicians 
believe  radium  to  be  a  tremendous  factor  in  materially lengthening  life: 
When you take Arium you should become conscious of a feeling of extreme 
well-being with a sense of healthful exhilaration and buoyancy.    You will 
become aware of some strange mystic form of energy that opens up for' you 
a new world of health, pleasure and happiness.    Marvelous Action Of Arium. 
The action of Arium is direct-not indirect.    It produces a kind of energy 
within the body that is absolutely necessary to the human system for the 
building of that surplus strength and endurance which is so necessary to 
ward off sickness and prolong life and youth.   Tonics for the blood alone may 
give benefit for a time-so may a drug or quieting potion for the nerves or 
the proper treatment for the liver or kidneys, but the force of radium as 
supplied in Arium reaches the nerves,  tissues,  blood, muscles, bone, sinew, 
skin, stomach, liver, kidneys and every vital organ of the entire body"all at 
the same time.   Not only this, but added power is given to each separate tiny 
cell and bodily force that binds the organs together to help make them function 
properly.    From time immemorial physicians have administered drugs  and 
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a " Drugless Age," for radium has opened up to the world an opportunity to 
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Dyspepsia, Acidosis, Coated Tongue, Offensive Breath,  Colic, Distress After 
Eating, Catarrh of the Stomach, Poor Appetite, Constipation, Irregular Bowel 
Movement and Chronic Diarrhoea or Dysentery   Kidney Complaints * Torpid 
Liver,  Bladder  Irritation  and  Weakness,  Backache,  Headache,  Twinges  of 
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Here Is A Valuable And Tested Method For Your Guidance In Checking Up 
On Your Condition.   You may not realize just how much below normal you 
are.    In order to give you an easy, satisfactory manner in which to decide/ 
the list below is given here so that you may easily check up on your own con- 
dition.   The conditions in the list marked with an asterisk (*) show of them-
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selves that you should most certainly use Arium regularly and persistently, 
even if you have none of the other complaints. Do you tire easily?-5% Are 
you nervous?-5% Are you irritable?-10% Do you feel tired in the morning 
when you first get up?-3% Are your hands and feet cold frequently?-3% 
Do you take cold easily?-2% Do the bones ache?-2% Do you ever have 
chills?-3% *Do you suffer from rheumatism, neuralgia, neuritis or gout- 
Do your joints swell?-4% Are you drowsy?-5% Are the face, hands and 
tongue pale?-3% Is your circulation poor?-5% *Is your blood pressure 
too high or low? *Are there any eruptions on the body? Do you have fre- 
quent headaches?-5% Do you have dizziness at times?-3% Do you ever 
have sharp or dull pains around the heart?-2% Does your face flush easily- 
5% Is your appetite poor?-4% Do you have any distress after meals?- 
3% Any bloating? 4% Is your breath offensive?-5% Tongue coated?-3% 
Do you have bad taste in the mouth?-5% Do you have pains or soreness of 
the chest?-2% Are the bowels irregular?-8% Are you ever troubled with 
constipation?--6% Is your back weak?-4% *Do you have backache? Do 
you have a desire to urinate frequently?-3% Do your hands and feet 
swell?-5% Is there any fullness under the eyelids?-3% *Is your neck 
swollen or enlarged (Goitre)? *Are your vital powers weakened? *Do you 
suspect trouble with the prostate gland? *Do you feel the infirmities of age- 
Do you have trouble with the bladder?-5% Are you troubled with sleepless- 
ness?-io% Do you have sour, watery or windy risings from the stomach?- 
3% *Are you low spirited and subject to the blues? *Does your brain lack 
alertness at times? *Does your memory fail? *Are you too thin or under 
weight? *Have you excessive flesh? Keep the foregoing list and refer to it 
from time to time as you continue the use of Arium and such other radium 
preparations as you require. * * * Watch from day to day how the alarm- 
ing symptoms disappear and your rapid approach toward a normal state of 
efficiency, vigorous health, strength, activity."
On August 3, 1926, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgments 
of condemnation and forfeiture were entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.,-r r:::ir:
W. M. JABDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.