18547. Adulteration and Misbranding of Dr. Lee's Antlseptine powder. 
TJ. S. v. Twenty-four % -Pound Sized Bottles, et al., of Dr. Lee's 
Antiseptic (Antlseptine) Powder. Default decree of condemna- 
tion, forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. No. 26263. I. S. Nos. 29712, 
29713.    S. No. 4409.)
Examination of a drug product, known as Dr. Lee's Antiseptine powder, 
from the shipments herein .described having shown that the article was rep- 
resented to be antiseptic, whereas it was not, also that the label bore state- 
ments representing that it possessed curative and therapeutic properties which 
it did not possess, the Secretary of Agriculture reported the matter to the 
United States attorney for the eastern district of Pennsylvania.
On April 25, 1931. the United States attorney filed in the district court of 
the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure and con- 
demnation of twenty-four ^4-pound bottles and twenty 1-pound bottles of Dr. 
Lee's Antiseptic (Antiseptine) powder, remaining in the original unbroken 
packages at Easton, Pa., consigned by Brewer & Co. (Inc.), Worcester, Mass., 
alleging that the article had been shipped from Worcester, Mass., in part on 
or about October 10, 1930, and in part on or about January 29, 1931, and had 
been transported from the State of Massachusetts into the State of Pennsyl- 
vania, and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the food and 
drugs act as amended.
Analysis of a sample of the article by this department showed that it con- 
sisted essentially of boric acid and aluminum sulphate (7.7 per cent), salicylic 
acid (0.08 per cent), and small proportions of menthol, thymol, eucalpytol, and 
methyl salicylate.   The article was not antiseptic when used as directed.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it was 
sold under the following standard of strength, (carton) "Antiseptic," and the 
strength of the said article fell below such professed standard, in that it was 
not antiseptic when used according to directions.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the following statements, appear- 
ing in the labeling, were false and misleading when applied to an article which 
was not antiseptic when used according to directions: "Antiseptine * * * 
Antiseptic    *    *    *    Douche-Heaping teaspoonful to 2  quarts hot water.
* * * Internal Hemorrhoids-teaspoonful to pint cold water, injected * * * 
Reducing Temperature-Tablespoonful  in  a pint warm  water,  bathe freely
* * * Gastric and Intestinal Irrigation-Level teaspoonful to pint warm wa- 
ter. Cystitis-Level teaspoonful to quart warm water. Nose and Throat-Level 
teaspoonful to pint warm water, * * * Nasal Douche. Gargle-teaspoon- 
ful to glass warm water * * * Douche the parts regularly according to 
directions with Antiseptine Powder in solution in order that its * * * anti- 
septic action may cleanse and heal the affected parts." Misbranding was 
alleged for the further reason that the following statements regarding the 
curative or therapeutic effects of the article, appearing on the label, were false 
and fraudulent in that the said article contained no ingredient or combination 
of ingredients capable of producing the effects claimed: " Relieves Irritation 
and Soreness of Unhealthy and Diseased Mucous Membranes. Indications- 
Internal Hemorrhoids, Cystitis, Nose and Throat Irritations, Leucorrhoea, 
Pruritis and Vaginal Irritation.    *    *   *   remedial effects in such ailments
as Catarrhal conditions of the nose and throat, Tonsilitis, Prickly Heat, Hives, 
Sunburn, Eczema, * * * Pruritis Vulva, Pruritis Anii and Internal Hem- 
orrhoids. * * * Pruritis * * * Internal Hemorrhoids * * * Re- 
ducing Temperature * * * Useful in Typhoid Pneumonia, Scarlet Fever, 
Chicken Pox, Measles, etc. Gastric and Intestinal Irrigation * * * Cys- 
titis * * * Leucorrhea-This affection consists of a whitish, yellowish, or 
greenish mucus discharge from the Vagina.    *    *    *    Treatment."
On May 22, 1931, 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.
ABTHUS M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.