DEATH BY DESTRUCTION OF WILL - LEST WE FORGET

This report describes an unexplained death following the collapse of w ill caused by resisted mechanical restraint in a 93-year-old woman wit h dementia. Clinical and experimental evidence is cited supporting res isted restraint as a significant noxious stimulus that can be linked t o sudden death and immune dysfunction. This woman's story serves to re mind us of the critical link between mind and body, and of the mortal consequences possible when we forget.