Jules Cloquet, 1825, from Manuel d'anatomie descriptive du corps humain
Dissection of the neck, deep dissection, showing facial nerve (cranial nerve VII), glossopharyngeal nerve (cranial nerve IX), vagus nerve (cranial nerve X), and carotid arteries. Neck muscles divided and reflected to show cranial nerves, superior and cervical ganglion, carotid arteries, and cervical spinal nerves. Anterio-lateral view.

I found this image in the gorgeous book Human Anatomy: From the Renaissance to the Digital Age (Abrams, 2006). If this image disturbs you, don't look at my second choice for this post, Wilhelm Braune's Table III.

Read one of my favorite ghost stories, "Seaton's Aunt" (1922) by Walter de la Mare, also found in vol. 1 of de la Mare's Complete Stories. [update 10/2011: I wrote about the story for The Second Pass.

Happy Halloween.