Exhibit 24

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below hereby constitutes and appoints each of Rodney A. Young and
Deborah L. Moore his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with
full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to execute a Registration
Statement on Form S-3 to be filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
for the registration of the resale of certain shares of Common Stock of LecTec
Corporation, and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments)
thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto
said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform to
all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his or her
substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


Dated:  November 10, 1997                /s/ Rodney A. Young
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                                                    Rodney A. Young

Dated:  November 10, 1997                /s/ Deborah L. Moore
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                                                    Deborah L. Moore

Dated:  November 10, 1997                /s/ Paul O. Johnson
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                                                    Paul O. Johnson

Dated:  November 10, 1997                /s/ Donald C. Wegmiller
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                                                  Donald C. Wegmiller