The Institute of Historical Research in London has a special section for Medical History. On list of recent publications and reviews are books of 19th-century interest, notably:
Insanity, Institutions and Society, 1800-1914: A social history of madness in comparative perspective, Joseph Melling and Bill Forsyth (eds)
Contagion. Disease government and the 'social question' in nineteenth-century France, by Andrew R. Aisenberg.
Visit the web site http://ihr.sas.ac.uk/ihr/Focus/Medical/review.html