EXHIBIT 24


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Rodney A. Young and Deborah L.
Moore, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and
agents, 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 (including his or
her capacity as a director and/or officer of LecTec Corporation), to sign a
registration statement, and any or all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) thereto, on Form S-8 for the sale of shares of LecTec Corporation
Common Stock pursuant to the LecTec Corporation 1998 Stock Option Plan and the
LecTec Corporation 1998 Directors' Stock Option Plan, and to file the same, with
all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in about the premises, as
fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of
them, or their or his substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.

           Name                          Title                        Date
           ----                          -----                        ----


                           Chief Executive Officer, President  February 18, 1999
- ------------------------   and Chairman (Principal Executive
Rodney A. Young            Officer)


                           Chief Financial Officer (Principal  February 18, 1999
- ------------------------   Financial and Accounting Officer)
Deborah L. Moore


            *              Director                            February 18, 1999
- ------------------------
Lee M. Berlin

            *              Director                            February 18, 1999
- ------------------------
Alan C. Hymes, M.D.

            *              Director                            February 18, 1999
- ------------------------
Paul O. Johnson

            *              Director                            February 18, 1999
- ------------------------
Bert J. McKasy

            *              Director                            February 18, 1999
- ------------------------
Marilyn K. Speedie

            *              Director                            February 18, 1999
- ------------------------
Donald C. Wegmiller