Exhibit 24.1


POWER OF ATTORNEY


The undersigned constitutes and appoints HUBERT L. ALLEN, JESSICA
H. PAIK, and AARON N. RICE, and each of them individually, as the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with
full power of substitution and re-substitution, for the
undersigned and in the undersigned's name, place and stead,
to prepare and sign any and all Securities and Exchange Commission
("SEC") Notices of Proposed Sales of Securities pursuant to Rule 144
under the Securities Act of 1933 on Form 144, all SEC statements
on Forms 3, 4 and 5 as required under Section 16(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, including a Form ID and any other documents
necessary to obtain codes and passwords necessary to make electronic
filings, and any amendments to such forms, and to file the same with
all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith,
with the SEC, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full
power and authority to do and perform each act and thing requisite,
necessary or desirable to be done under said Rule 144 and Section
16(a), as fully for all intents and purposes as the undersigned
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorney-in-fact and agent may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.

A copy of this power of attorney shall be filed with the SEC.  The
authorization set forth above shall continue in full force and effect
until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 144, 3, 4, or
5 or if earlier, until the undersigned revokes such authorization by
written instructions to the attorney-in-fact.



Date:  December 17, 2018

/s/ Alejandro D. Wellisch
Signature of Reporting Person

Alejandro D. Wellisch


Abbott Laboratories
100 Abbott Park Road
Abbott Park, IL 60064