The Adaptive Ultimate (Esprios Classics)

The Adaptive Ultimate is a science fiction short story by American writer Stanley G. Weinbaum about an experimental medical treatment gone awry. It was first published in the November 1935 issue of Astounding magazine under the pen name John Jessel. It was collected in various editions of A Martian Odyssey as well as the 1979 The Best Of Stanley G. Weinbaum. The story was dramatized on the radio program Escape March 26 1949 and later that year on the television program Studio One episode called Kyra Zelas (the name of the title character) aired on September 12 1949. It was dramatized on June 20 1952 on the television show Tales of Tomorrow under the title The Miraculous Serum (Season 1 Episode 38).