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SEC FORM 3 SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Schumacher Laura J

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

100 ABBOTT PARK ROAD

(Street)

ABBOTT PARK

60064-6400

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
03/01/2005

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
ABBOTT LABORATORIES [ ABT ]

4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
Senior Vice President

5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common shares without par value	33,871	D
Common shares without par value	4,600⁽¹⁾	I	profit sharing trust

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Option (right to buy)⁽²⁾	02/14/1998	02/13/2007	Common shares	1,370	27.43	D
Option (right to buy)⁽²⁾	02/14/1999	02/13/2007	Common shares	1,845	27.43	D
Option (right to buy)⁽²⁾	02/14/2000	02/13/2007	Common shares	1,843	27.43	D
Option (right to buy)⁽²⁾	06/30/1999	06/29/2007	Common shares	457	31.43	D
Option (right to buy)⁽²⁾	06/30/2000	06/29/2007	Common shares	709	31.43	D
Option (right to buy)⁽²⁾	02/13/1999	02/12/2008	Common shares	1,845	34.77	D
Option (right to buy)⁽²⁾	02/13/2000	02/12/2008	Common shares	1,845	34.77	D
Option (right to buy)⁽²⁾	02/13/2001	02/12/2008	Common shares	1,842	34.77	D
Option (right to buy)⁽²⁾	02/12/2000	02/11/2009	Common shares	2,164	42.5	D
Option (right to buy)⁽²⁾	02/12/2001	02/11/2009	Common shares	2,162	42.5	D
Option (right to buy)⁽²⁾	02/12/2002	02/11/2009	Common shares	2,164	42.5	D
Option (right to buy)⁽²⁾	02/11/2002	02/10/2010	Common shares	246	32.61	D
Option (right to buy)⁽²⁾	02/11/2003	02/10/2010	Common shares	3,066	32.61	D
Option (right to buy)⁽²⁾	02/09/2002	02/08/2011	Common shares	5,143	45.45	D
Option (right to buy)⁽²⁾	02/09/2003	02/08/2011	Common shares	5,143	45.45	D
Option (right to buy)⁽²⁾	02/09/2004	02/08/2011	Common shares	5,142	45.45	D
Option (right to buy)⁽²⁾	02/15/2003	02/14/2012	Common shares	4,788	53.63	D
Option (right to buy)⁽²⁾	02/15/2004	02/14/2012	Common shares	4,788	53.63	D
Option (right to buy)⁽²⁾	02/15/2005	02/14/2012	Common shares	4,787	53.63	D
Option (right to buy)⁽²⁾	02/14/2004	02/13/2013	Common shares	5,143	33.23	D
Option (right to buy)⁽²⁾	02/14/2005	02/13/2013	Common shares	5,143	33.23	D
Option (right to buy)⁽²⁾	02/14/2006	02/13/2013	Common shares	5,142	33.23	D
Option (right to buy)⁽²⁾	09/01/2004	08/31/2013	Common shares	9,045	37.59	D
Option (right to buy)⁽²⁾	09/01/2005	08/31/2013	Common shares	9,044	37.59	D
Option (right to buy)⁽²⁾	09/01/2006	08/31/2013	Common shares	9,044	37.59	D
Option (right to buy)⁽²⁾	05/11/2004	02/13/2007	Common shares	389	39.01	D
Option (right to buy)⁽²⁾	05/14/2004	06/29/2007	Common shares	844	39.31	D
Option (right to buy)⁽²⁾	05/15/2004	02/10/2010	Common shares	2,440	41.22	D
Option (right to buy)⁽²⁾	02/20/2005	02/19/2014	Common shares	8,867	41.03	D
Option (right to buy)⁽²⁾	02/20/2006	02/19/2014	Common shares	8,867	41.03	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Balance in the Abbott Laboratories Stock Retirement Trust as of February 28, 2005.

2. Employee stock options granted pursuant to the Abbott Laboratories 1996 Incentive Stock Program, including a replacement option feature, in a transaction exempt from Section 16(b) under Rule 16b-3.

Remarks:

Continued on Form 3, dated March 1, 2005

	John A. Berry, by power of attorney, for Laura J. Schumacher	03/09/2005
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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Exhibit 24

POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned constitutes and appoints JOHN A. BERRY and DEBORAH K. KOENEN, and each of them individually, as the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned’s name, place and stead, to prepare and sign any and all Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) Notices of Proposed Sales of Securities pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933 on Form 144, all SEC statements on Forms 3, 4 and 5 as required under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and any amendments to such forms, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each act and thing requisite and necessary to be done under said Rule 144 and Section 16(a), as fully for all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

A copy of this power of attorney shall be filed with the SEC. The authorization set forth above shall continue in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 144, 3, 4, or 5 or if earlier, until the undersigned revokes such authorization by written instructions to the attorney-in-fact.

Dated: March 9, 2005

	/s/ Laura J. Schumacher
	Signature of Reporting Person

	Laura J. Schumacher, Senior Vice President,
	Secretary and General Counsel
	Name and Title



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