21985. Misbranding of   Walker's   Old   Indian   Health   Tonic.     U.   S.   v.   22
Bottles, et al., of Walker's Old Indian Health Tonic. Default 
decrees of destruction. (F. & D. nos. 31826, 31827, 31828. Sample nos. 
56381-A, 56382-A,  18225-A.)
Examination of the drug product involved in these cases disclosed that it 
contained no ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of producing 
certain curative and therapeutic effects claimed in the labeling.
On January 10, 1934, the United States attorney for the Northern District 
of Alabama, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court libels praying seizure and condemnation of 159 bottles of „W§H£er's 
Old Indian Health Tonic at Piedmont, Gadsden, and Anniston, Ala., alleging 
that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce in various shipments 
on or about June 15, 1932, and October 20 and November 13, 1933,* by the 
Walker Medicine Co., from Atlanta, Ga., 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 essentially of magnesium sulphate, ferric chloride, and quinine sulphate 
(0.08 gram per to milliliters), dissolved in water.
It was alleged in the libels that the article was misbranded in that the follow- 
ing statements regarding the curative or therapeutic effects of the article, ap- 
pearing on the bottle label, were false and fraudulent: " Health * * * The 
Unfailing Remedy For Laziness And A Drowsy Tired Sleepy Feeling Relieves 
Indigestion * * * Biliousness * * * Dizziness, Sick Headache, Numb- 
ness Or Chills, Kidney Or Bladder Troubles * * * Piles, Jaundice, Dropsy, 
Loss of Appetite, Weakness, Tired Feeling, Stimulates And Purifies The Blood, 
Directions For Taking—Adults Should Take A Tablespoonful In A Little Water 
Every Two Hours Until It Acts Well On The Bowels Then Continue Taking It 
Three Times A Day Before Meals—Should It Act Too Freely Reduce The Dose— 
Children In Proportion To Age."
On February 26, 1934, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ments were entered ordering that it be destroyed by the United States marshal.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.