prophylactic vs vulnerary

prophylactic

noun
  • A medicine which preserves or defends against disease; a preventive. 

  • Any device or mechanism intended to prevent harmful consequences. 

  • A prophylactic condom. 

adj
  • Serving to prevent or protect against an undesired effect, especially disease or pregnancy 

vulnerary

noun
  • A healing drug or other agent used in healing and treating wounds. 

adj
  • Useful or used for healing wounds; healing, curative. 

How often have the words prophylactic and vulnerary occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )