POWER OF ATTORNEY



 Know all persons by these presents, that the undersigned hereby

constitutes and appoints each of Douglas K. Chia, Russell C. Deyo,

Linda E. King, John Papa and Steven M. Rosenberg, signing singly, the

undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:



(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the

undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of Johnson &

Johnson (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section

16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder

(the "Exchange Act") and Forms 144 in accordance with Rule 144 of the

Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act");



 (2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the

undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and

execute any such Form 3, 4, 5 and 144 and timely file such form with

the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock

exchange or similar authority; and



 (3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in

connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney

-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally

required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents

executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned

pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall

contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may

approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.



 The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact

full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and

thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the

exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to

all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if

personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,

hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or

such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do

or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the

rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that

the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the

request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company

assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with

Section 16 of the Exchange Act or Rule 144 of the Securities Act.



 This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect

until the undersigned is no longer required to file reports pursuant

to Section 16 of the Exchange Act with respect to the undersigned's

holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,

unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing

delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.



 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of

Attorney to be executed as of the date set forth below.





      /s/ Dominic Caruso

      Name: Dominic Caruso

      Date: January 1, 2007



12/20/2006