Causa Mortis is a satiric play by Jacob M. Appel that lampoons the modern medical establishment.
The plot focuses on a woman, Eleanor, whose brain surgeon has accidentally left his watch in her skull.
[1] Her daughters urge her to have the timepiece extracted before it harms her, but every surgeon who attempts to remove it dies during the process.
[2] Critic Donald Calamia described the play as "a needle in the eyes of an industry that far-too often refuses to admit its human failings.
[5] It premiered in Canada at the South Simcoe Theater in Cookstown in May 2013 under the direction of Nancy Knapp[6] The play premiered at the height of public debate over healthcare reform in the United States, a phenomenon noted by many critics.