As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 1, 1995
 
                                                Registration No. 33-62127
 
 
 
                   SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                                     
                         Washington, D.C. 20549
 
                     POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
                                   TO
                                FORM S-4
                                     
                         REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                 UNDER
                       THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                                     
 
                            C. R. BARD, INC.
                                     
         (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 
 
 
 New Jersey
 (State or other jurisdiction
 of incorporation or organization)
 3841
 (Primary Standard Industrial
 Classification Code Number)
 22-1454160
 (I.R.S. Employer
 Identification Number)
 
 
 
 730 Central Avenue
 Murray Hill, New Jersey  07974
 (908) 277-8000
 (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
 of Registrant's principal executive offices)
 
 
 
 Richard A. Flink, Esq.
 C. R. Bard, Inc.
 730 Central Avenue
 Murray Hill, New Jersey  07974
 (908) 277-8000
 (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area 
  code, of agent for service) 
 
 
                               Copies to:
                       Philip T. Ruegger III, Esq.
                       Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
                          425 Lexington Avenue
                        New York, New York  10017
                             (212) 455-2000
 
 
 
                 REMOVAL OF SECURITIES FROM REGISTRATION
 
      The Registrant hereby amends Registration Statement No. 33-62127 on 
Form S-4 to remove from registration 744,567 shares (the "Deregistered
Shares") of common stock, par value $.25 per share, of C. R. Bard, Inc.,
a New Jersey corporation, including the Common Stock Purchase Rights attached  
thereto.  The Registrant registered the Deregistered Shares for purposes of 
the transaction described in the Registration Statement, but did not issue 
the Deregistered Shares in the transaction.


 
SIGNATURES
                                 
      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the 
registrant has caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the 
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned
thereunto duly authorized, in the Borough of New Providence at Murray Hill,
State of New Jersey, on October 30, 1995.
 
                              C. R. Bard, Inc.
                              
                              
                              By:  /s/ William H. Longfield           
                            Name:  William H. Longfield
                           Title:  Chairman and Chief 
                                   Executive Officer
                              
       Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this 
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in
the capacities indicated on October 30, 1995.

 
                                Signature
  
                                Title
  
 
 
          /s/ William H. Longfield                                       
             (William H. Longfield)
              Chairman, Chief Executive
              Officer (principal
              executive officer) and
              Director
 
          /s/ William C. Bopp                                            
             (William C. Bopp)
              Executive Vice President, Chief
              Financial Officer
              (principal financial
               officer) and Director
          
          /s/ Charles P. Grom                                            
             (Charles P. Grom)
              Vice President and Controller
              (chief accounting
               officer)
 
                     *                                    
             (Joseph F. Abely, Jr.)
 
              Director
 
                     *                                    
             (William T. Butler, M.D.)
 
              Director
                  
                      *                                    
             (Raymond B. Carey, Jr.)
 
              Director
                  
                      *                                    
             (Daniel A. Cronin, Jr.)
 
              Director
                  
                      *                                    
             (T. Kevin Dunnigan)
 
              Director
                  
                      *                                    
             (Regina E. Herzlinger)
 
              Director
                                    
                      *                                    
             (Robert P. Luciano)
 
              Director
                  
                      *                                    
             (Robert H. McCaffrey)
 
              Director
 
 
          /s/ Benson F. Smith                                            
             (Benson F. Smith)
              President, Chief
              Operating Officer and
              Director
 
 
 
 *By: /s/ William H. Longfield           
          William H. Longfield
          Attorney-in Fact