Sorry to post this to the list, but I tried posting directly to Carl McQuery and could not get through. The Tempe Historical Museum in Tempe, Arizona (site of Super Bowl XXX) has a machine in its collection that was developed by a researcher at Arizona State University (also in Tempe). The purpose of the machine is to extract scorpion venom and freeze-dry it for use in making an antidote for the venom. The technical name for the machine is a lyophilizer. Amy A. Douglass Tempe Historical Museum [log in to unmask]