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EXHIBIT 24.1
POWER OF ATTORNEY
     Each of the undersigned does hereby appoint CELIA A. COLBERT and KENNETH C. FRAZIER and each of them, severally, his/her true and lawful attorney or attorneys to execute on behalf of the undersigned (whether on behalf of the Company, or as an officer or director thereof, or by attesting the seal of the Company, or otherwise) the Form 10-K Annual Report of Merck & Co., Inc. for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including amendments thereto and all exhibits and other documents in connection therewith.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this instrument has been duly executed as of the 28th day of February 2006.
         
  MERCK & CO., Inc.
 		  
  By /s/ Richard T. Clark    
  Richard T. Clark   
  (Chief Executive Officer and President)   
 
     
/s/ Richard T. Clark
  Chief Executive Officer and President
     
Richard T. Clark
  (Principal Executive Officer; Director)
 
    
/s/ Judy C. Lewent
  Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
     
Judy C. Lewent
  (Principal Financial Officer)
 
    
/s/ Richard C. Henriques, Jr.
  Vice President, Controller
     
Richard C. Henriques, Jr.
  (Principal Accounting Officer)
DIRECTORS
         
/s/ Lawrence A. Bossidy
  /s/ Thomas E. Shenk    
 
       
Lawrence A. Bossidy
  Thomas E. Shenk    
 
        
/s/ William G. Bowen
        
 
       
William G. Bowen
  Anne M. Tatlock    
 
        
/s/ Johnnetta B. Cole
  /s/ Samuel O. Thier    
 
       
Johnnetta B. Cole
  Samuel O. Thier    
 
        
 
  /s/ Wendell P. Weeks    
 
       
William B. Harrison, Jr.
  Wendell P. Weeks    
 
        
/s/ William N. Kelley
  /s / Peter C. Wendell    
 
       
William N. Kelley
  Peter C. Wendell    
 
        
/s/ Rochelle B. Lazarus
        
Rochelle B. Lazarus