EXHIBIT 23.4


               CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS


We consent to the incorporation by reference in amendment No. 1 to the
registration statement (No. 333-64887) on Form S-3 of Boston Scientific
Corporation of our report dated May 22, 1998, with respect to the combined
balance sheets of Schneider Worldwide, formerly a business of Pfizer Inc., as of
December 31, 1997 and 1996, and the related combined statements of income and
cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31,
1997, which report appears in the Form 8-K/A2 of Boston Scientific Corporation
dated March 30, 1999, and to the reference to our firm under the heading
"Experts."


                                        /s/ KPMG LLP
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                                            KPMG LLP



New York, New York
April 6, 1999