Exhibit 23.2


                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS



We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements on
Form S-8 (Nos. 33-80657, 33-90464, 333-15043, 333-15107, 333-64185, 33-85004,
33-997756, 33-99046, 33-97754, 333-30427, and 333-64187) of PSS World Medical,
Inc., of our report dated June 30, 1998, except for Note 22, as to which the
date is July 9, 1999, included in PSS World Medical, Inc.'s Annual Report on
Form 10-K/A for the year ended April 2, 1999, with respect to the consolidated
financial statements of Gulf South Medical Supply, Inc. as of December 31, 1997
and for each of the two years then ended (not presented separately therein).


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