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                                                         EXHIBIT 23.1

                         Independent Auditors' Consent


The Board of Directors
Kinetic Concepts, Inc.:

We consent to incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements
(No. 33-26673 and No. 33-26674) on Form S-8 of Kinetic Concepts, Inc.
and subsidiaries (the "Company") of our report dated February 14, 1995,
relating to the consolidated balance sheets of the Company as of
December 31, 1994 and 1993, and the related consolidated statements of
earnings, capital accounts, and cash flows for each of the years in the
three-year period ended December 31, 1994, which report appears in the
1994 annual report to shareholders which is incorporated by reference
in the December 31, 1994 annual report on Form 10-K of the Company and
our report dated February 14, 1995, relating to the related financial
statement schedules as of and for each of the years in the three-year
period ended December 31, 1994, which report appears in the December
31, 1994 annual report on Form 10-K of the Company.

Our report refers to a change in the method of accounting for income
taxes in 1993 and a change in the method of applying overhead to
inventory in 1994.


                          KPMG Peat Marwick LLP


San Antonio, Texas
March 29, 1995