Editing Joseph Lister (section)

===University===
In 1844, just before Lister's seventeenth birthday, he moved to an apartment at 28 London Road that he shared with Edward Palmer, also a Quaker.{{sfn|Fitzharris|2018|p=29}} Between 1844 and 1845, Lister continued his pre-matriculation studies, in Greek, Latin and [[natural philosophy]].{{sfn|Fisher|1977|p=34}} In the Latin and Greek classes, he won a "Certificate of Honour".{{sfn|Lister|1859a}} For the experimental natural philosophy class, Lister won first prize and was awarded a copy of [[Charles Hutton]]'s "Recreations in Mathematics and Natural Philosophy".{{sfn|Wangensteen|Wangensteen|1974}}

Although his father wanted him to continue his general education,{{sfn|Cameron|1949|p=24}} the university had demanded since 1837, that each student obtain a [[Bachelor of Arts]] (BA) degree before commencing medical training.{{sfn|Bonner|2000|p=194}} Lister matriculated in August 1845, initially studying for a BA in [[classics]].{{sfn|Fisher|1977|p=38}} Between 1845 and 1846, Lister studied the mathematics of natural philosophy, mathematics and Greek earning a "Certificate of Honour" in each class.{{sfn|Lister|1859a}} Between 1846 and 1847, Lister studied both [[anatomy]] and [[atomic theory]] (chemistry) and won a prize for his essay.{{sfn|Lister|1859a}} On 21 December 1846, Lister and Palmer attended [[Robert Liston]]'s famous operation where [[Diethyl ether|ether]] was applied by Lister's classmate, William Squire to [[anaesthetise]] a patient for the first time.{{sfn|Squire|1888}}{{sfn|Richardson|Rhodes|2013}} On 23 December 1847, Lister and Palmer moved to 2 Bedford Place and were joined by John Hodgkin, the nephew of [[Thomas Hodgkin]] who discovered [[Hodgkin lymphoma]].{{sfn|Fitzharris|2018|p=40}} Lister and Hodgkin had been school friends.{{sfn|Fitzharris|2018|p=40}}

In December 1847, Lister graduated with a degree of Bachelor of Arts 1st division, with a distinction in classics and botany.{{sfn|Cope|1967}} While he was studying, Lister suffered from a mild bout of [[smallpox]], a year after his elder brother died of the disease.{{sfn|Cope|1967}} The bereavement combined with the stress of his classes led to a [[nervous breakdown]] in March 1848.{{sfn|Fitzharris|2018|p=55}} Lister's nephew Godlee used the term to describe the situation and is perhaps indicative that adolescence was just as difficult in 1847, as it is now.{{sfn|Cope|1967}} Lister decided to take a long holiday{{sfn|Godlee|1924|p=16}} to recuperate and this delayed the start of his studies.{{sfn|Godlee|1924|p=16}} In late April 1848, Lister visited the [[Isle of Man]] with Hodgkin and by 7 June 1848, he was visiting [[Ilfracombe]].{{sfn|Fitzharris|2018|p=44}} At the end of June, Lister accepted an invitation to stay in the home of Thoman Pim, a Dublin Quaker. Using it as his base, Lister travelled throughout Ireland.{{sfn|Fitzharris|2018|p=119}} On 1 July 1848, Lister received a letter full of warmth and love from his father where his last meeting was "...sunshine after a refreshing shower, following a time of cloud" and advised him to "cherish a pious cheerful spirit, open to see and to enjoy the bounties and the beauties spread around us :—not to give way to turning thy thoughts upon thyself nor even at present to dwell long on serious things".{{sfn|Godlee|1924|p=16}} From 22 July 1848, for more than a year, the record is blank.{{sfn|Richardson|2013b}}