22024. Misbranding of  Dr.   Tripp's   Tonic  Prescription.     U.   S.  v.   Norwood
Pharmaceutical Co. Plea of guilty. Pine, $25. (F. & D. no. 28205. 
I.S. no. 47832.)
Examination of the drug product, Dr. Tripp's Tonic Prescription, disclosed 
that it contained no ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of produc- 
ing certain curative and therapeutic effects claimed in the labeling.
On April 8, 1933, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district  court  an  information  against  the  Norwood  Pharmaceutical  Co.,  a
corporation, trading at Chicago, Ill., alleging shipment by said company in 
violation of the Food and Drugs Act as amended, on or about January 25, 1932, 
from the State of Illinois into the State of Michigan, of a quantity of Dr. 
Tripp's Tonic Prescription which was misbranded.
Analysis of a sample of the article by this Department showed that it con- 
sisted essentially of potassium iodide (2.28 grains per 100 millimeters), red 
saunders, extracts of plant drugs, including cinchona, a laxative drug such 
as cascara sagrada, sugar, alcohol, and water.
It was alleged in the information that the article was misbranded in that 
certain statements, designs, and devices regarding its therapeutic and curative 
effects, appearing in the booklet shipped with the article, falsely and fraudu- 
lently represented that it was effective to restore vitality and to preserve and 
restore health; effective as a treatment, remedy, and cure for blood impurities, 
rheumatism, inflammatory rheumatism, arthritis, torticollis, neuritis, all blood 
and skin troubles, nervous debility, fevers of various types, constant headaches, 
pains and aches throughout the body, sciatica, kidney ailments, acne, eczema, 
pimples, blackheads, scrofula, nervous and physical breakdown, and most human 
ills; effective to awaken the functioning of dormant organs and to remove 
obstructions from those that are clogged; effective as a restorative for disorders 
of the blood, stomach, and nerve systems; effective as a treatment, remedy, and 
cure for blotches, blemishes, backache, a general run-down condition, liver 
diseases, kidney diseases, bladder diseases, gout, lumbago, women's ailments, 
and a completely shattered system; effective as a dissolver of poisons and as 
a cleanser of the system; effective to carry toxins out of the blood circulation, 
to alkalinize the blood stream, and to reduce acidosis; effective as an organic 
purification; and effective as a treatment, remedy, and cure for chronic 
ailments, sallow complexion, high blood pressure, and sore joints.
On February 1, 1934, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on 
behalf of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $25.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.