Exhibit 23.1

                     [LETTERHEAD OF DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP]


                         INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S CONSENT


     We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration 
Statement of McKesson Corporation ("McKesson") on Form S-4 of our report dated 
May 16, 1997 on McKesson's consolidated financial statements and consolidated 
supplementary financial schedule, both such reports appearing in the Annual 
Report on Form 10-K of McKesson Corporation for the year ended March 31, 1997, 
and our report on FoxMeyer Corporation's consolidated financial statements 
dated June 28, 1996 (March 18, 1997 as to paragraph seven of Note Q), which 
report expresses an unqualified opinion and includes an explanatory paragraph 
relating to the sale of the principal assets of FoxMeyer corporation and its 
Chapter 7 bankruptcy filing, appearing in the Current Report on Form 8-K/A of 
McKesson Corporation filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 
28, 1997.

     We also consent to the reference to us under the heading "Experts" in such 
Registration Statement.



/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP


San Francisco, California
Dallas, Texas



March 31, 1998