25408. Misbranding of Dr. 6. B. Williams Pills. U. S. v. 12 Dozen Bottles of 
Dr. G. B. Williams Pills. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, 
and destruction.    (F. & D. no. 36593.    Sample no. 48533-B.)
Unwarranted curative and therapeutic claims were made for this article.
On November 6, 1935, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of Florida, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 12 dozen bottles 
of Dr. G. B. Williams Pills at Tampa, Fla., alleging that the article had 
been shipped in interstate commerce on or about October 19, 1935, by the Inter- 
state Drug Co., from Quitman, Ga., into the State of Florida, and charging 
misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled 
in part: (Bottle) "Recommended for biliousness."
Analysis showed that the article consisted essentially of compounds of mer- 
cury and antimony and ingredients derived from plant drugs including aloe, 
podophyllum, and an alkaloidal drug.
The article was alleged to be misbranded in that the following statements 
appearing upon and within the package of the article were statements regard- 
ing the curative and therapeutic effects of the article and were false and 
fraudulent: (Bottle label) "Recommended for * * * biliousness, * * * 
Dose: 1 to 3 every other night at bedtime; children under ten years old, 
one-half pill in honey or syrup"; (carton) "Recommended for the relief of dis- 
comfort due to Biliousness,   *   *   *   or any Liver disorder."
On January 15, 1936, no claimant having appeared, a default decree of con- 
demnation, forfeiture, and destruction was entered.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.