27563. Misbranding of Elixir Tussinol.     U. S. v. 15 Bottles of Elixir Tussinol.
Default decree of condemnation and destruction.    (F.  & D. No.  39410. 
Sample No. 37135-C.)
The labeling of this product bore false and fraudulent curative and thera- 
peutic claims.
On May 4, 1937, the United States attorney for the District of Delaware, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court 
a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 15 bottles of Elixir Tussinol at 
Wilmington, Del., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on or about November 25, 1936, by Medicinal Research Laboratories 
from Philadelphia, Pa., and charging misbranding in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act as amended.
Analysis showed that it consisted essentially of a solution of gold bromide.
The article was alleged to be misbranded in that the following statements 
regarding its curative or therapeutic effects, appearing on the bottle label, 
were false and fraudulent: "Tussinol * * * The Preferred Treatment for 
Whooping Cough and other Spasmodic Coughs. * * * indicated for relief 
of the Spasms and discomforts of Whooping Cough and other Spasmodic 
Coughs The Therapeutic effect of Elixir Tussinol is * * * Neura-sedative 
and Antibacterial."
On June 17, 1937, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.