25088. Misbranding of Dr. Rainey's Vitality Tablets and Dr. Rainey's Laxative 
Tablets. U. S. v. be Rainey Drug; Co., a corporation. Plea of guilty. 
Fine, $50.    (F. & D. no. 33972.    Sample no. 48748-A.)
Unwarranted curative and therapeutic claims were made for these products.
On May 23, 1935, 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 Rainey Drug Co., a corporation, 
Chicago, Ill., alleging shipment by it, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act 
as amended, on or about February 20, 1934, from Chicago, Ill., to Seattle, Wash., 
of quantities of Dr. Rainey's Vitality Tablets and Dr. Rainey's Laxative Tablets 
which were misbranded. The articles were labeled in part: (Box) "Dr. 
Rainey's Vitality Tablets * * * The Rainey Drug Co. Chicago, Illinois"; 
(box) "Dr. Rainey's Laxative Tablets .* * * The Rainey Drug Co. 108 West 
Lake Street, Chicago, U. S. A."
Analyses showed that the vitality tablets contained metallic iron, ferrous 
carbonate, extracts of plant drugs including cinchona and nux vomica, coated 
with calcium carbonate; and that the laxative tablets contained plant material, 
including a laxative drug and a trace of strychnine, coated with calcium 
carbonate.
Dr. Rainey's Vitality Tablets were alleged to be misbranded in that the 
label on the box and two circulars enclosed in the box bore and contained 
false and fraudulent statements that the article was effective, among other 
things, to insure vitality, to build up the system, digestion, and general health, 
to help to restore strength and fiber to the blood, to furnish nourishment to 
the whole body, to help to restore nerve tissue to normal condition, steady the 
nerves, banish the blues, make you feel full of life, vigor, ambition, and many 
years younger, to help to build you up in every way, to enrich the blood, to build 
up the nervous system, to generate vitality, to create nerve force, and to restore 
full strength and vigor; effective as a treatment, remedy, and cure for condi- 
tions such as anemia, nervous debility, indigestion, low vitality, neurasthenia, 
and heart, kidney, and liver disorders when caused by a run-down condition; 
effective as a treatment, remedy and cure for anemia, nervous debility, indi- 
gestion, low vitality and conditions where a tonic to the heart, nerves, stomach 
and blood is required; effective to insure health, strength and vigor; effec- 
tive as health-giving; effective as a treatment, remedy, and cure for stom- 
ach trouble, stomach pain, belching, headache, heartburn, bloating, gas, spitting 
of mucus, gnawing, empty feeling, lump in stomach, food disagreeing, pain
before or after eating, coated tongue, sore mouth, indigestion, pimples, black-( 
heads, sores, blotches, paleness, blood poison, eczema, malaria, enlarged joints 
or glands, chilliness, feverishness, run-down feeling, debility, weakness, and 
emaciation; effective for ailments of the blood; effective for ailments of the 
nerves, nervous debility, weakness, jerking, jumping, excitability, tiredness, 
worn-out feeling, feeling like falling when the eyes are closed and feet together, 
restlessness at night, poor memory, melancholia, despondency, waking up unre- 
freshed, weak trembles, dizziness, fainting spells, hands or feet numb, neuralgia, 
and lack of energy, strength, and ambition; effective as a treatment, remedy, 
and cure for heart weakness, skipping of beats, fluttering, palpitation, pain in 
left side, pain under shoulder blades, shortness of breath, dizziness, sinking 
sensation, cold extremities, swollen feet, throbbing or hammering sensation, 
inability to lie on right side or back, rheumatism and asthma when caused by 
a run-down condition; effective as a treatment, remedy and cure for catarrh, 
hawking, spitting, accumulation of mucus, watery discharge from the stomach, 
spitting up of slime, running of nose, sneezing, bad odor, dull headaches, 
catarrhal deafness, pains in kidneys, bladder, lungs or over entire body, and 
slimy discharge from bowels; effective to greatly aid in removing the cause 
thereof; and effective as a treatment, remedy, and cure for thinness, under- 
weight, hollow cheeks, flat chest, scrawny neck, dyspepsia, and thin blood.
Dr. Rainey's Laxative Tablets were alleged to be misbranded in that the 
label on the box and a circular therein bore and contained false and fraudulent 
statements that the article was effective, among other things, as a treatment, 
remedy, and cure for all liver and bowel troubles; effective for sickness that 
can be traced to an inactive condition of the liver and bowels; effective to 
restore the bowel muscles to a normal condition; effective to aid the natural 
functions of the bowels and to restore the normal tone to the muscular coating; 
and effective to correct biliousness, sick headache, dizziness, and nausea, due 
to improper bowel elimination.
On November 15, 1935, a plea of guilty was entered, a fine of $50 was 
imposed, and costs were awarded against the defendant.
W. R. GBEGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.   (