They are all expressed by sympathy and right expansion of the torso. How to Add Ten Years to your Life and to Double Its Satisfactions S. S. Curry. At the turn of a path there is the torso of a goddess resting on an antique column; in a niche in the wall, a Roman bust.
Gravel Gertie. Gravel Gertie was a woman who lived in a gravel pit in a rural area outside Dick Tracy's city. She was depicted as extremely homely, with bulging eyes, crooked teeth, a wiry figure and a hairy upper lip. She also has two dark scars on her left forearm from an accident in a sawmill when she was young.
Gravel root was used by the native North American Indians as a diaphoretic to induce perspiration and break a fever. The plant was quickly adopted by the white settlers and still finds a use in modern herbalism. The leaves and flowering stems are harvested in the summer before the buds open and are dried for later use. The roots are harvested in the autumn and dried for later use. Function; Why it is Recommended. Gravel Root exhibits diuretic, antilithic and antirheumatic properties. The whole plant, but especially the root, is astringent, diuretic, nervine and tonic.