The liquid ejection apparatus is capable of reducing the increase of the viscosity of a liquid due to evaporation of the liquid and also for reducing the quantity of the atmospheric air dissolving into the ink. This nutritional supplement for the peri-operative period is designed to prevent deficiencies of nutrients needed for optimal health and healing during this period or for general application and to enable the person receiving the nutritional supplementation to achieve maximum healing and rapid recovery from a procedure or injury. The provisioning server then configures the VM accordingly, if the desired configuration is available, or it applies heuristics to configure a VM that best matches the user’s request if it isn’t. The birefringent element is configured to tune the Lyot filter. Once the position of the axis of the magnet is determined, the work surface is either marked or worked on through the platform on which the probes are positioned. Also, because the axial forces within the working channel are reduced, the working channel can be fabricated out of a relatively hard, inelastic material, thereby reducing the friction within the working channel and improving the physician’s ability to perform a medical procedure.