11332. Misbranding of ia Derma vaiyiseptic discs, Biclt's sextone pills,?
Arthur's sextone tablets, Arthur's sextone pills [tablets], Bieli's nerve?
tonic, Bick's sarsaparilla compound, Bick's Daisy 99., Thomas' emmena-?
go?rue pills, Arthur's emmenagrogue pills, and Leslie's enunenagogiie?
pills. U. S. v. 6 Paclcag-es of Vagiseptic Discs, et al. Default decrees of?
condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. Nos. 14823, 14826,?
14829. 14962, 14985, 15097, 15164, 15173. S. Nos. C-2989, C-2991, C-2992, C-2993,?
C-3062, C-3063, C-3064, C-3065, C-3066, C-3067. C-3089, C-3100. C-3101, C-3119,?
C-3120.)
On April 21, April 22, May 27, June 1, June 28, July 15, and July 20, 1921,?
respectively, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of Texas,?
acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court?
of the United States for said district libels praying the seizure and condemna??
tion of 31 boxes of La Derma vagiseptic discs and 6 packages of vagiseptic?
discs, 59 packages of Bick's sextone pills, 28 packages of Arthur's sextone?
tablets, 5 packages of Arthur's sextone pill's [tablets], 28 packages of Bick's?
nerve tonic, 9 bottles of Bick's sarsaparilla, compound, 6 packages of Bick's?
Daisy 99, 30 packages of Thomas' emmenagogue pills, 48 packages of Arthur's?
emmenagogue pills, and 42 packages of Leslie's emmenagogue pills, remaining?
in various lots at Tyler, Lufkin, and Jacksonville, Tex., respectively, alleging?
that the articles had been shipped by the Palestine Drug Co., from St. Louis,?
Mo., between the dates of October 24, 1919, and November 5, 1920, and trans??
ported from the State of Missouri into the State of Texas, and charging mis??
branding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended. The articles?
were labeled in part, respectively: ("Vagiseptic discs) (wrapper) "* * * for?
* * * Amenorrhoea and other Uterine and Vaginal Disorders," (circular)?
" For * * * Amenorrhoea * * * Ulceration of the Uterus and Catarrh?
of the Uterus * * * Gonorrhoea;" (Bick's sextone pills) (box) " Sex??
tone Pills * * * Composed of * * * Aphrodisiac Agencies;" (Arthur's?
sextone tablets) t wrapper) "Designed to Correct * * * the Evil Results?
Following Sexual or Alcoholic Excesses, Overwork, Worry, Etc. * * * Sex??
tone Tablets For Either Sex Composed of * * * the Most Potent and?
Dependable Aphrodisiac Agencies," (circular) " Sextone Tablets * * *?
cases of exhaustion of nervous energy * * * stimulate * * * the Sex??
ual Plexes * * * nourish the nervous system and build it up;" (Bick's?
nerve tonic) (wrapper) "Nerve Tonic * * * for Nervous Prostration and?
bodily aches and pains * * * a nerve * * * tonic * * * for?
all female complaints * * * for Weakness, Nervousness, Headache, Kid??
ney Trouble, and loss of Power in either Sex * * * for female weakness?
heart trouble and where a general breakdown of the nervous system exists; "?
(Bick's sarsaparilla compound) (bottle) "* * * to be taken regularly as-?
long as impurity exists in the blood * * * one of the best remedies in?
existence for purposes claimed. Remember that constitutional diseases or dis??
eases of long standing cannot be cured in a week or so by any rem??
edy," (wrapper) " * * * for the treatment of all diseases due to Im??
pure Blood such as Chronic Rheumatism, Secondary Syphilis, Scrofula, Pim??
ples, Boils, Etc. * * * is especially and specifically designed to give the?
greatest possible benefit in the treatment of diseases due to impure and im??
poverished blood;" (Bick's Daisy 99) (wrapper) "Bick's Daisy 99 * * *?
Gonorrhea Gleet and functional ailments of the Kidneys and Bladder in both?
Male and Female;" (Thomas' emmenagogue pills, Arthur's emmenagogue?
pills, and Leslie's emmenagogue pills) (box) "Emmenagogue Pills recom??
mended for Amenorrhea, Dysmenorrhea and other Menstrual Troubles * * *?
beginning treatment * * * before the regular monthly period * * *?
continue   *    *    *    until relief is obtained."
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BUREAU   OF   CHEMISTRY.	
[Supplement 157,
Analyses of samples of the articles by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de??
partment showed that the La Derma vagiseptic discs contained salt, alum,?
starch, milk, sugar, and talc; the Bick's sextone pills consisted of two products??
chocolate-colored pills containing a small amount of extract of plant drugs,?
50 per cent of sugar, 25 per cent of calcium carbonate, 7 per cent of iron oxid,?
and 7 per cent of powdered talc, and orange-colored tablets containing 31 per?
cent of metallic iron, 11 per cent of calcium carbonate, extract of nux vomica,?
and sugar; the Arthur's sextone tablets contained iron oxid, calcium carbonate,?
a compound of zinc, and extract of plant drugs, coated with sugar; the Bick's?
nerve tonic consisted of two products?brown tablets containing phosphorus and?
compounds of zinc and iron, coated with sugar and calcium carbonate, and?
\ellow pellets containing compounds of iron, strychnine, and phosphorus, coated?
with sugar and calcium carbonate; the Bick's sarsaparilla compound contained?
less than 1 per cent of sodium salicylate, 0.7 per cent of potassium iodid, ex??
tracts of plant drugs, including sarsaparilla and a laxative drug, sugar, alcohol,?
and water; the Bick's Daisy 99 consisted of tablets containing iron sulphate,?
methylene blue, and material derived from plants including cubebs, copaiba,?
santalwood, and starch, coated with sugar and calcium carbonate; the Thomas'?
emmenagogue pills, the Arthur's emmenagogue pills, and the Leslie's emmena-?
gogue pills contained iron sulphate, aloes, and extract of plant drugs, coated?
with sugar and calcium carbonate, colored pink.
Misbranding of the articles was alleged in substance in the libels for the?
reason that the packages or labels bore statements regarding the curative and?
therapeutic effects of the said articles which were false and fraudulent since?
the said articles contained no ingredients or combinations of ingredients capable?
of producing the effects claimed. Misbranding was alleged with respect to the?
Bick's sarsaparilla compound for the further reason that the package failed to?
bear a statement on the label of the quantity or proportion of alcohol contained?
therein since the quantity state^was not correct.
On February 3, 1923, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg??
ments of condemnation and forfeiture were entered, and it was ordered by the?
court that the products be destroyed by the United States marshal.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.