COL. JAMES liVSLt)!'. .^13 



\hc iraditional British spirit of the man, it was a satisfaction 

 lo him to know that he never once, during the whole Icnj^th of 

 the siege, took refuge in a (Uig-out. 



Colonel llyslo)) next saw active se^rvice in the Native Rebel- 

 lion and the taking of Dinizulu. lie was speciaWy mentioned in 

 <lespatches for services rendered during this campaigii. 



While mental and militarv work were the two leading occu- 

 pations of his career, the Cok>nel took the keenest interest in 

 medical ])olitics and medical affairs generally. He was President 

 of the Natal Aledical Council from its origin in 1896 until his 

 <leath, and for many years he was 1 'resident of the now defunct 

 Natal Health Board, and was a member of the Government 

 Commission on Plague. Me was also an active and prominent 

 memljer of the old Pietermaritzburg Medical Society, and of the 

 iocal branch of the British Medical Association, of both of 

 which he was elected I'resident more than once, and he was a 

 <lelegate to the animal meeting of the Association in Belfast in 

 i<)0(j. In 191 1 he was Medical C)fficer in charge of the .South 

 African Coronation Contingent. 



In the formation of the South African Committee oi tlic 

 British Medical Asst>ciation he was one of the leading spirits, 

 and was elected a member by his branch. 



As a host and orgain'zer he shone conspicuously when Presi- 

 dent of the South African Mechcal Congress, held in Pieter- 

 maritzburg in 1905. and when IM'esident of the South African 

 Association for the Advancement of Science on the occasion of 

 its session in the same town two years later. His presidential 

 address (vn the latter occasion was an admirable resume of the 

 advances luade by ai)i)lied science in general and by medical and 

 '-urgical science in particular. The affairs of the Association 

 liave had his wanuest supi)ort as a local rej^resentative on the 

 subsequent Councils of that body. The University of the Cape 

 O'f Good Hope also liad him as a member of its Council- 



In the city of his adoption he identified himself with many 

 societies, having for their object the good of the town and the 

 elevation of its ])eople. Among these societies the following- 

 may be mentioned : The Botanical Society, the ITorticultural 

 Society, and the Natal Societ\-. ( f each of which he had been a 

 President. 



Although ihe wrote many fugiti\e {>apers, only one work 

 claiius him as its author, " An Investigation into the .Anatomy 

 of the Central Nervous System." 



Leading a life of strenuous endeavour as he did, he had 

 little time for mere amusement, but he loved a good play, and 

 the local theatre saw him not seldom. 



In his younger days he greatly enjoyed a day's shcx^ttng, 

 and latterly he occasionally snatched an afternoon at golf or an 

 evening at bridge, both of which gamc^ he played " as well as 

 a gentleman should." 



He .w^as the soul of generosity and hospitality, and many 

 ihere are who will remember with ])leasure the good times spent 



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