19367.  Misbrandings of Gly-Cas.    U. S. v. 70 Packages of Gly-Cas.    Default 
decree   of   condemnation,   forfeiture,   and   destruction.      (F.   &   D.
No. 27573.    I. S.   No. 36774.    S. No. 5581.)
Examination of a drug product, known as Gly-Cas, from the shipment 
herein described having shown that the labeling bore statements representing 
that the article possessed curative and therapeutic properties which it did 
not possess, the Secretary of Agriculture reported the matter to the United 
States attorney for the Southern District of Ohio.
On December 22, 1931, the United States attorney filed in the District Court 
of the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure and 
condemnation of 70 packages of Gly-Cas at Cincinnati, Ohio, alleging that the 
article had been shipped by the Glycas Medicine Co., from Indianapolis, Ind., 
on or about October 17, 1931, and had been transported from the State of 
Indiana into the State of Ohio, and charging 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 of capsules containing extracts of plant drugs, including aloe, and a 
small proportion of an iron compound.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded in that the 
following statements appearing in the labeling, regarding the curative or 
therapeutic effects of the article, were false and fraudulent, since it contained 
no ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of producing the effects 
claimed: (Box) "Rheumatism, Nervousness, Blood * * * Rheumatism;" 
(circular) "Our Health depends mostly upon the proper functions of the 
organs of the body. Any departure from their normal functions bring dis- 
order and disease, such as Rheumatism. The symptoms are pains in the joints 
of body and limbs, soreness and jerky quivering muscles, sometimes one or 
two degrees of fever caused by too much acid in the blood; constipation, liver 
trouble, biliousness. The function of the liver is to prepare and secrete bile. 
The bile is carried from the liver into the intestines. If the liver becomes 
deranged the bile is absorbed in the blood, diffusing every part of the body, 
causing headaches, vomiting and other bilious affections. Gly-Cas works like 
magic in relieving liver complaints, stomach trouble, indigestion, gastric ca- 
tarrh. More people are suffering from diseases of the stomach than you can 
realize. The person who has not the pleasure of enjoying wholesome home 
cooked meals but has to depend for their meals any place they can purchase 
them will sooner or later be a sufferer from some sort of stomach trouble. 
The symptoms are loss of appetite, at times disgust for food, coated tongues, 
bad taste, breath bad and at times vomiting caused by biliousness. Gly-Cas 
will soon regulate these troubles. * * * It acts directly on the liver, 
stomach and blood.    *    *    *   Every family should have them as they are a
great preventative against any diseases. * * * It saves you worry and big 
doctor bills. Gly-Cas is always the same but the conditions of your system 
may be different at times. Therefore it requires your better judgment to 
obtain the best results.    Remember if you are troubled with Rheumatism,
* * * Neuritis, Lumbago, Stomach, Liver or Blood Disorder, Gly-Cas 
is what you need.    It will eliminate all your troubles in a very short time.
* *    *    it acts specifically on all above mentioned, ailments."
On January 27, 1932, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the 
court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.