EXHIBIT 23.2

              CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" and to the
use of our report dated April 23, 1999, with respect to the financial statements
of C.D. Smith Healthcare, Inc. and Subsidiaries included in the Registration
Statement (Form S-4, No. ) and related Prospectus of AmeriSource Health
Corporation for the registration of 2,690,000 shares of its common stock.


                                                Ernst & Young, LLP


Kansas City, Missouri
May 27, 1999