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                                  EXHIBIT 23.2




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                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration
Statement on Form S-8 pertaining to the Atrion Corporation 1998 Outside
Directors Stock Option Plan of our report dated February 20, 1998, with respect
to the financial statements of Atrion Corporation included in its Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1997, filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.


                                                      ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP


Atlanta, Georgia
June 10, 1998






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