6964.?Misbranding: of A Texas Wonder Hall's Great Discovery.    V. S.   *    *    *
v. 140 Bottles of A Texas Wonder Hall's Great Discovery. Default?
decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and  destruction.     (F.  & D.  No.
9470.    I. S. No. 5991-r.    S. No. C-1015.)
On or about November 27, 1918, the United States attorney for the Middle?
District of Alabama, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture,?
filed in the District Court of the United States for said district a libel for?
the seizure and condemnation of 140 bottles of A Texas Wonder Hall's Great?
Discovery, remaining unsold in the original unbroken packages at Montgomery,
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Ala., alleging that the product had been shipped on or about November 12, 1918,?
by E. W. Hall, St. Louis, Mo., and transported from the State of Missouri into?
the State of Alabama, and charging misbranding in violation of the Food and?
Drugs Act, as amended. The article was labeled in part:- (On carton) "Texas?
Wonder. Hall's Great Discovery for Kidney and Bladder Troubles, Diabetes,?
Weak and Lame Backs, Rheumatic. Dissolves Gravel, Regulates Bladder?
Trouble in Children." (In circular) "Louis A. Portner * * * testified he?
began using The Texas Wonder for stone in the kidneys * * * and tubercu??
losis of the kidneys * * *. He was still using the medicine with wonderful?
results and his weight had increased."
Examination of a previous sample by the Bureau of Chemistry of this depart??
ment showed it to consist essentially of oieoresin of copaiba, rhubarb, turpen??
tine, guaiac, and alcohol.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that the?
statements, borne on the cartons and circulars, as above set forth, were false?
and fraudulent in that the product contained no ingredient or combination of?
ingredients capable of producing the therapeutic effects claimed for it on the?
carton and circular.
On March 26, 1919, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment?
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court?
that the product should be destroyed by the United States marshal.
E. D, BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.