8026. Misbranding of Dr. Cheeseman's Pills. 17. S. * * * v. 9 Packages?
* * * of Dr. Cheeseman's Pills. Default decree of condemnation,?
forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. No. 13819. I. S. No. 7835-t. S.?
No. E-2843.)
On October 28, 1920, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of?
Pennsylvania, 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 9 packages of an article, labeled in part " Dr. Cheeseman's?
Female Regulating Pills," consigned May 3, 1920, by the Kells Co., Newburgh,?
N. Y., remaining in the original unbroken packages at Philadelphia, Pa., alleging?
that the article had been transported from the State of New York into the State?
of Pennsylvania, and charging misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs?
Act, as amended.
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this depart??
ment showed that the pills consisted essentially of aloes and ferrous sulphate.
It was alleged in the libel that the product was misbranded for the reason?
that the label and circular accompanying the same contained statements, de??
signs, and devices regarding the curative or therapeutic effects of said article?
and the ingredients or substances contained therein, which were false and?
fraudulent in that said article would not produce the curative or therapeutic?
effects which purchasers were led to expect by the following statements, de??
signs, and devices which were applied to said article with a knowledge of their?
falsity for the purpose of defrauding purchasers thereof: (Carton) '' * * *?
Female Regulating Pills * * *;" (small circular, English and German)?
? * * * Female Regulating Pills. In ease of Obstruction of long standing?
* * * continue * * * until a cure is effected. * * * In recent cases?
of Obstruction * * * commence by two of these pills at night upon going?
to bed, continuing them until their end is answered * * * when Obstruc??
tion is apprehended * * "" seldom fails of restoring nature to its proper?
channel.    In cases of Impotency or Barrenness,  Seminal Weakness,  Gleets,
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Whites, and all diseases arising from a relaxed slate of the genital organs,?
whether the result of disease, injuries or consequences of youthful indiscretion,?
or indulgence of the passions in riper years, they are equally beneficial * * *?
A little perseverance in their use seldom fails of effecting a perfect restoration?
to health * * * obstinate cases of Obstruction * * *; " (large circular)?
? * * * ?0r j-iie miseries endured by those of our female friends who cannot?
enjoy the benefits of Regularity. A specific was wanting to cover this ground,?
and it was found by Dr. C. L. Cheeseman * * * his famous pills for fe??
males * * * possess all the safe and certain powers requisite to allay all?
sufferings connected with the womb and its dependencies, and that it will, if?
used strictly according to his directions, conquer every disease incidental to the?
life of every female?whether married or single?whether she has just emerged?
from her cradle, if a wife or a widow, or is really [ready] to step into a?
grave on account of old age * * * a specific remedy, and * * * they?
are the only certain curative known to the world * * * Dr. Cheeseman's?
pills are designed to check and do away with irregularities. From obstructions?
of the monthly function a host of the most harrowing troubles arise, not the?
least of which are constant nausea during the severest period of the infliction,?
headache of a violent type, extreme and tormenting nervousness, a tendency to?
apoplexy, increase of bile beyond the natural volume, hysteria, racking pains,?
giddiness, uncertain state of the urine, corrugated skin, sallow and repulsive?
complexion, furred tongue and fetid breath, varicose veins, general debility,?
loss of the hair, decay and aching of the teeth, glandular swellings, spasms, fits,?
etc., etc. These are but a tithe of the miseries irregularities in the operations?
of the monthly period are sure to produce in the systems of either the married?
or the single. There are some who are always afflicted by too heavy a menstrual?
flow. These persons are always in extreme danger. If these irregularities??
whether manifested by obstruction or overflow?are the results of accidental?
circumstances, or the consequences of constitutional discrepancies or misfor??
tunes?if they are hereditary or of recent date?the ultimate consequences are?
equally disastrous. The pills of Dr. Cheeseman have always cured every case?
to which they have been applied. They have never been administered, even?
where the directions have not been faithfully followed, without at once pro??
ducing a marked change for the better, and they have invariably triumphed,?
notwithstanding the extremest obstinacy of the affliction * * * His pills?
are designed for the obviation of the fatal consequences (either direct or re??
mote) of the suppression, or too great activity of menstruation. They are?
meant to be the sure guide to Menstrual Regularity. With this, a woman,?
whether young or old, married or single, can always be positive of the posses??
sion of sound general health, and can laugh to scorn the ailments to which?
ignorant and indolent invalids chain themselves, like Ixion to the wheel; or?
Prometheus to the rock. Procure regularity, and you have, ladies, good health?
in all its delightful phases. Irregularity of the monthly period is a disease?
more destructive of the health, happiness and beauty of the female than any?
other. If it leads to the whites, you suffer everything a little short of death,?
and eventually it comes to that * * * Dr. 0. L. Cheeseman's pills for?
females have so often eradicated this dreadful scourge in a few days, and so?
many records exist of their infallibility in that particular, that it seems nearly?
useless to proclaim the news * * * Dr. Cheeseman's pills * * * restore?
the female to complete health * * * ' Dr. Cheeseman's Pills for Females'?
are designed as a panacea * * * After having been cured by a limited?
course of these pills, it is the easiest thing possible to keep regular. It is then?
that one or two of the pills will destroy the slightest tendency to a return of?
the old symptoms.   Annexed are a few jottings expressive of the good these
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pills have done with the severest and most desperate eases of illness arising?
from a disorganization of the procreative organs and dependent functions in?
females. A lady in New Orleans, aged 31, had been afflicted with occasional?
obstructions for more than 12 years * * * Three boxes of C. L. Cheese-?
man's pills restored her to health * * * 'AH of my acquaintances are more?
or less afflicted by those obstructions which form the curse of both married and?
single life. I have recently been troubled in the same way. My acquaintances?
said that your pills formed the only medicine which could cure me.' ' * * *?
nothing * * * equal to Dr. Cheeseman's pills * * * They are * * *?
efficient.' * * * Two ladies in Detroit, Michigan, * * * were constitu??
tionally afflicted by obstructions    *    *    *    Dr. Cheeseman's pills cured them
*?* * irregularity * * * Cured in six weeks. A girl * * * was?
treated four years for epilepsy. An aunt * * * discovered that the reason?
of her having epilepsy was obstruction. * * * She recommended the use of?
his pills * * * The girl has never had an attack since. A widow lady of?
Montreal, Canada, was reduced to the verge of the grave by a total stoppage of?
the period * * * The first box cured her * * * induce with certainty?
periodical regularity."
On November 18, 1920, DO 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.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.