Exhibit 99.1

                                     PROXY

        I, _____________, hereby constitute and appoint __________ my true and
lawful attorney and proxy for me in my name and stead to vote the shares of
stock owned by me in C.D. Smith Healthcare, Inc. at the Special Meeting of the
Shareholders of C.D. Smith Healthcare, Inc. to be held ________, 1999 at ______
__.m. at ______________________________________, and thereafter as it may from
time to time be adjourned, for the purpose set forth below.

     1. To consider and vote upon a proposal to approve the Amended and Restated
        Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, dated as of April 28, 1999, as
        amended and restated as of May 27, 1999, by and among AmeriSource Health
        Corporation, Hawk Acquisition Corp., the Corporation and a Person to be
        designated Escrow Agent, and the merger of Hawk Acquisition Corp. into
        the Corporation.

                  _______           ______            _______
                    YES               NO              ABSTAIN

     2. To consider and act upon such other business as may properly come before
        the special meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof.

        Witness my hand by this ____ day of ________, 1999.


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                                        Shareholder


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                                        Witness