That the grave kidney complication, checking the elimination of the poison from the system, Militated against recovery in this case, and greatly influenced the singular course of the poisoning process, cannot be doubted.
"On Snake-Poison: its Action and its Antidote"
A. Mueller
The wit, however, Militated greatly against the "go" and success of the piece, the prestige of its writers did not help it, and the experiment of a "Punch's Pantomime" was accordingly not repeated.
"The History of "Punch""
M. H. Spielmann
As soon as I heard this story, I thought that I could make a tolerably shrewd guess as to the whereabouts of the missing jewel; and I caused investigations to be set on foot in New York by a trusty agent, which resulted in the discovery that The Rose of the Morning had been sold some six months before to a jeweler in Maiden lane for about one-twenty-fifth of its value, the peculiar tint of the stone, and the purchaser's ignorance of the estimation in which it is held by the gem-fanciers of Europe, having Militated against the magnitude of the valuation set upon it.
"Not Pretty, But Precious"
John Hay, et al.