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Title	Dr. Charles Nesbitt
Description	Dr. Charles Torrence Nesbitt, (1870-1938), received his M.D. from Baltimore Medical College in 1903. He was Wilmington Superintendent of Health from 1911-1913, and in private practice as a Neurologist from 1907-1911 and 1923-1938. He advocated for screened privvies, improved sewer service and clean water. The public housing complex, Nebitt Courts, was named after him. He was also Secretary of the N.C. Medical Society in 1910. He died in Wilmington, North Carolina.
Subject	Nesbitt family, physicians, Neurologists, Public Health Officials, Housing projects, Nesbitt Courts, North Carolina Medical Society
Date	1911
Source	Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection 231