EXHIBIT 24.1

                         INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

     We consent to incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement
(Form S-8) of Maxxim Medical, Inc. and subsidiaries of our report dated January
16, 1997, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of Maxxim Medical, Inc.
and subsidiaries as of November 3, 1996 and October 29, 1995, and the related
consolidated statements of operations, shareholders' equity, and cash flows and
related schedule for the fifty-two week periods ended November 3, 1996, October
29, 1995 and October 30, 1994, which report appears in the November 3, 1996
annual report on Form 10-K of Maxxim Medical, Inc. and subsidiaries.

                                                         KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP

February 3, 1997