The Reassembled Man

The Druggish were much better at their job than all the king’s horses had been with Humpty Dumpty. First, the Druggish simply disassembled Edward Berner -- tissue by tissue, nerve by nerve. In tanks they stored the million remnants and shreds that had been Berner, and they changed his brain into a fantastic recording device.Then they simply put him back together. Sinew by sinew, cell by cell. But it was not the same Ed Berner. The new Ed Berner was stronger, healthier -- stronger and healthier than any other man. And with a sexual appetite and a promised life-span greater than anyone on Earth. He was very nearly invincible.Very nearly. Unfortunately, there was a deadly flaw. The Druggish had forgotten to make the new Ed Berner a wiser one...