BLINK - not to be morbid or gross, but...

...something about the *heads*, of beheadings. Probably not conscious at all. But there are stories, and there's that dog-head they kept alive.

Monsieur le Docteur Joseph-Ignace Guillotine
Mary, Queen of Scots
Charlotte Corday
Theotime Prunier
Dr. Beaurieux & Henri Languille

Jack H