 ", a 1977 episode entitled "Touch of Death" features a martial-arts movie star whose mysterious death is found to be a result of a "dim mak" attack against him ten days earlier.The lead character of the British TV series "Gangsters" (1978) is murdered by hired assassin "The White Devil" using a similar attack, with death occurring four days after he is touched.Dan Brown's novel "Inferno" depicts a character incapacitating a guard by putting pressure on his wrist, explaining the technique as "Dim Mak".