Normally, how long does it take for the muscles and other cells to begin burning sugar instead of oxygen?
7 seconds sound clip from the A Few Good Men movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:13:25 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- Let's go over what we have, okay?
- Private Santiago was admitted to the E.R. at 0012 and he was pronounced dead at 0037.
- Doctor, what is lactic acidosis?
- If the muscles and other cells of the body burn sugar instead of oxygen, lactic acid is produced.
- That lactic acid is what caused Santiago's lungs to bleed.
- And what caused this process to be sped up in Santiago's muscles?
- An ingested poison of some kind.
- Your Honor, we object at this point. The witness is speculating.
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