Equine Grass Sickness afflicts the army horses at Barry Camp, Montrose
in the spring of 1905


Best's disease, also known as Best's vitelliform macular dystrophy,
is an hereditary
form of progressive macular dystrophy first identified in 1905.


In 1905, Landsteiner, of blood group fame, described meconium ileus,
the neonatal intestinal
obstruction that affects some 15% of infants
with cystic fibrosis (Landsteiner et al, 1905).


In 1905 Schaudinn and Hoffman identified the micro-organism,

a spirochaete, responsible
for syphilis.


In 1905, Wickman recognized that asymptomatic infection and transmission
of poliomyelitis occurred via the gastrointestinal tract.


Salvarson 606 a chemical compound which could kill bacteria discovered in
1905 as a result of Paul Ehrlich's work