Exhibit 23


   CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


   The Board of Directors
   Owens & Minor, Inc.:

   We consent to incorporation by reference  in the Registration
   Statements (Nos. 33-65606,  33-63248, 33-4536, 33-32497, 33-41402
   and 33-41403) on Form S-8 of Owens &  Minor, Inc. of our  report
   dated February 3,  1995, relating to the consolidated balance  sheets
   of Owens & Minor, Inc.  and subsidiaries  as  of  December  31,  1994
   and  1993,  and  the  related consolidated statements of income  and
   cash flows for each  of the years in  the three-year  period  ended
   December  31,  1994, which  report  is incorporated by reference in
   the December 31, 1994 annual report on Form 10-K of Owens & Minor,
   Inc.  We also  consent to the incorporation   by reference in  the
   aforementioned  Registration Statements of  our report dated
   February 3, 1995, relating to the financial statement schedule of the
   Company, which report appears on page 15 of the Form 10-K.


   KPMG Peat Marwick LLP

   Richmond, Virginia
   March 22, 1995