Here are a couple more obscure references on health and medicine. These
are additions to "Bibliography of health, hygiene, and medical care
relating especially to 19th century military sites" found at:
 
http://www.mtsu.edu/~kesmith/TNARCHNET/Pubs/Res_Bib.html
 
Chamberlain, Col. W.P.
        1920    History of Military Medicine and its Contributions to Science.  pp.
235-50. Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian
Institution showing the Operations, Expenditures, and Condition of the
Institution for the Year Ending June 30, 1918 U.S. Government Printing
Office, Washington, D.C.
 
Freeman, Allen W.
        1911    Sanitation on Farms.  pp. 651-57. Annual Report of the Board of
Regents of the Smithsonian Institution showing the Operations,
Expenditures, and Condition of the Institution for the Year Ending June
30, 1910 U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
 
The first examines military medicine from ancient times through 19th
century. The second is primarily focused on disease control for typhoid
etc.