18669. Misbranding of Quinseptikons. IT, S. v. 1% Dozen Boxes, et al., of 
Quinseptikons. Default decrees of condemnation, forfeiture, and 
destruction. (F. & D. Nos. 26183, 26184. I. S. Nos. 20156, 15896. S. Nos. 
4449, 4450.)
Examination of a drug product, known as Quinseptikons, from one of the 
shipments herein described having shown that the circular accompanying the 
article contained statements representing that it possessed curative and thera- 
peutic properties which it did not possess, the Secretary of Agriculture reported 
the matter to the United States attorney for the Middle District of 
Pennsylvania.
On April 7, 1931, the United 'States attorney filed in the District Court of the 
United States for the district aforesaid libels praying seizure and condemnation 
of one and two-thirds dozen boxes of Quinseptikons, remaining in the original 
unbroken packages at Scranton, Pa., alleging that the article had been shipped 
by the Tablax Co., from New York, N. Y., in part on or about August 16, 1930, 
and in part on or about September 8, 1930, and had been transported from 
the State of New York into the State of Pennsylvania, and charging mis- 
branding in violation of the food and drugs act as amended.
Analysis of a sample of the article by this department showed that it 
consisted of suppositories containing salicylic acid (1.2 per cent), boric acid 
(14.8 per centj", quinine hydrochloride (4.8 per cent), and cocoa butter.
It was alleged in the libels that the article was misbranded in that the fol- 
lowing statements appearing in the circular accompanying the article were false 
and fraudulent, since it contained no ingredient or combination of ingredients 
capable of producing the effects claimed: "Prophylactic * * * highly rec- 
ommended by physicians as a preventative against infection and for the treat- 
ment of vaginal diseases and conditions such as Leucorrhea (Whites), Vag- 
initis, Vaginal Discharges, disagreeable odors, inflammation, pain, tenderness 
and as a prophylactic against venereal diseases, and * * * Directions for 
Use * * * In Leucorrhea, Vaginitis, and all conditions accompanied by 
discharges of any nature, insert a * * * twice daily at bedtime and on 
arising. As a prophylactic against venereal infection, insert a * * * few 
minutes before sexual congress. * * * For tenderness, inflammation and 
pains in vagina: One * * * is usually sufficient to relieve these conditions 
promptly and completely."
On June 10, 1931, 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.
ABTHTJBI M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.