With this application of early Dianetics techniques to remove “mental blocks” that were stopping response to medicine, all that were treated swiftly and remarkably recovered. Using the same procedures, he likewise regained his health — much to the surprise of medical examiners.

L. Ron Hubbard set out to further test the workability of Dianetics among hundreds of individuals from all walks of life. He wrote a paper that detailed both his underlying theory and techniques. That paper was Dianetics: The Original Thesis, and copies of the manuscript were first distributed to medical and scientific groups. Those copies were readily recopied and passed on to others until The Original Thesis was literally circulating world over.

To answer the flood of inquiries about this research from readers, L. Ron Hubbard was asked to write a further text on the subject. He began work on Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health, the first comprehensive text ever written on the subject of the human mind and life. When this book was released on May 9, 1950, it immediately topped the New York Times bestseller list. It prompted some 750 Dianetics groups to begin across America, as well as the formation of Dianetics Foundations in six American cities to help further L. Ron Hubbard’s continued research of the subject