There is a tradition that persons suffering from the Quatrain Ague (i.e. malaria) could be cured if they sleep with a copy of the 4th book of the Iliad under their pillow. https://books.google.com/books?id=EvoQAAAAIAAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&dq=fourth%20book%20of%20the%20iliad%20ague&pg=PA110#v=onepage&q&f=false

(in this book Menelaus is injured by an archer, and is then cured by a physician, Machahon)