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Charles Poindexter Wertenbaker
1860–1916
A physician and public health surgeon, he wrote practical, community-focused guidance during the fight against tuberculosis in the early 1900s. His surviving work reflects a hands-on approach to organizing local health efforts rather than a literary career in the usual sense.
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A Working Plan for Colored Antituberculosis Leagues
by Charles Poindexter Wertenbaker
About the author
Charles Poindexter Wertenbaker (1860–1916) was an American physician and surgeon associated with the United States Public Health and Marine-Hospital Service. The record most readily available today points to him as a public health officer whose work was rooted in medicine, administration, and disease prevention.
He is best known as the author of A Working Plan for Colored Antituberculosis Leagues (1909), a practical guide issued through the federal public health service. The book was written to help organize state and church-based leagues, with an emphasis on education, reporting, and local action against tuberculosis. That makes his writing notable less for style than for purpose: it was meant to be used.
Archival records at the University of Virginia show that his papers survive, suggesting a career of enough public importance to leave a documentary trail. Reliable sources located for this overview did not provide a confirmed portrait image, so none is included here.