EXHIBIT 23


                   CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS




As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the incorporation by
reference in this Form 10-K of our report dated January 27, 1998 included in 
American Home Products Corporation's (the Company) Annual Report to 
Shareholders for the year ended December 31, 1997.  Furthermore, we consent 
to the incorporation of our reports dated January 27, 1998 included in or made
part of this Form 10-K, into the Company's previously filed Registration 
Statements on Form S-3 (File Nos. 33-45324 and 33-57339) and on Form S-8 
(File Nos. 2-96127, 33-24068, 33-41434, 33-53733, 33-55449, 33-45970, 33-14458,
33-50149, 33-55456 and 333-15509).




                              ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP





New York, N.Y.
March 27, 1998