10053. Misbranding  of   Dr.   A.   "W.   Chase's   nerve   pills.    U.   S.   v.   6   Dozen?
Packages   of  Dr.   A.   W.   Chase's   Nerve   Pills.    Defanlt   decree   of
condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F. & D. No. 13350.    I. S.
No. 10056-t. S. No. W-688.)?
On August 18, 1920, the United States attorney for the Northern District of?
California, 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 6 dozen packages of Dr. A. W. Chase's nerve pills, remaining?
in the original unbroken packages at San Francisco, Calif., alleging that the?
.article had been shipped by the Dr. A. W. Chase Medicine Co., Buffalo, N. Y.,
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in part July 8, 1919, and in part January 26, 1920, and transported from the?
State of New York into the State of California, 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 de??
partment showed that the pills contained strychnine, arsenic, aloes, iron car??
bonate, and a manganese compound.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the reason?
that the following statements appeared in the labeling thereof, (label) " Used In?
The Treatment of * * * Nervous Prostration * * * Nervous Head??
ache Nervous Dyspepsia * * * Irregular Heart Action Dizziness & Faint??
ing Sleeplessness," (circular) "Nerve Pills impart new life and strength to?
every organ of the body, create new brain and nerve tissue, and make it next?
to impossible for the following diseases and symptoms of diseases to set in:?
Nervous prostration, exhaustion, depression, * * * sleeplessness * * *?
lack of energy, ambition, and nerve force, paralysis, and locomotor ataxia;
*?* * diseased blood, * * * female troubles, leucorrhea (whites), pain??
ful, profuse or suppressed menstruation, tardy development of girls, sexual?
debility, loss of vital forces, premature decay, heart affections, neuralgia, rheu??
matism, la grippe, and all diseases of the brain and nerves. * * * On ac??
count of their extraordinary restorative influence and * * * action on the?
system,    *    *    *   Nerve Pills are especially suited to the needs of children.
*?*    *   weak and puny boys and girls become strong, healthy and robust.
*?* * nourish the blood and nerves * * * nourish the weakened and?
exhausted nervous system back to health and strength, * * * through the?
nerve fibres,    *    *    *   send new vitality through the whole   *    *    *    system.
*?* * nerves * * * must be completely restored by such nourishment?
as ean best be supplied by * * * Nerve Pills, The great restorative * * *?
loss of sensation in the hands, partial loss of memory * * * dizziness and?
uncertainty in walking. * * * should be treated * * * while there is?
hope of complete recovery. * * * Nerve Pills, * * * restore the wasted?
nerve force, * * * by strengthening the nerves give them full control of?
the female organs. * * * No preparation known * * * will more?
quickly create new, rich blood than * * * Nerve Pills. * * * contain?
the life-giving principles that entitle the blood to be called the 'vital fluid,'
*?* * make pale weak men and women strong and healthy. * * * give?
to the thin and emaciated a well rounded form which tells of a steady advance?
in health, * * *," which statements were false and fraudulent, since the?
said article contained no ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of?
producing the curative and therapeutic effects claimed.
On May 9, 1921, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment of?
condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that?
the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.