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SEBASTIAN (lar'do dā tā-hädä), a Mexican statesman; born in Jalapa, Mexico, April 25, 1825; appointed a judge of the supreme court in June, 1855; was Minister of Foreign Affairs for a short time two years later; member of Congress in 1861- 1862 and in 1862-1863; was a companafflicted with it by the Mosaic law, 1491 ion of President Juarez in 1863-1867, It was known to the Greeks and during which time he was successively В. С.
Romans, and is described by Hippocrates Minister of Justice and Minister of For- (460-357 B. c.) and Galen (A. D. 130-200). eign Affairs. He was elected chief-jus- The crusaders introduced the disease into tice of the supreme court in December, Europe, where it raged with virulence during the Middle Ages. Since the commencement of the 17th century the dishas almost entirely disappeared from Europe, where it is now limited to ease the most northern and southern countries.