See (Index subjoined to) MEDICINE.

The ancients deified the diseases as well as the passions and affections of men. Virgil places them in the entrance into hell, Æn. vi. 273. Among these, Fever had a temple on mount Palatine, and two other parts of ancient Rome; and there is still extant an inscription to this goddess. FEBRI. DIVÆ. FEBRI. SANCTÆ. FEBRI MAGNÆ. CAMILLA. AMATA. PRO. FILIO. MALE. AFFECTO.

in farriery. See there, sect. viii.