It's a guess. But I think the "gravel" in the Urine could be related to getting a gall stone, which was a highly painful and generally fatal condition. There was a cure but it was so uncertain and so likely to kill you since it invloved being cut open that many people would rather jsut die.
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Date: 2004-04-16 03:39 am (UTC)Of course I could be wrong.